Code Injection in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2025-5101

 

Code Injection in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2025-5101

Published: August 28, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU114482
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-5101
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: GitLab, Inc
Affected software:
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in GitLab repositories. A local administrator can execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-5101

Install updates from vendor's website.

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