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[TLP:CLEAR] GitLab CE/EE fixes 7 vulnerabilities

GitLab fixes 7 vulnerabilities in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) in versions 18.7.1, 18.6.3 and 18.5.5 [1]. The most severe vulnerabilities are listed below.

GitLab CE/EE - stored XSS (CVE-2025-9222)
CVSS 8.7 (High)

An authenticated remote attacker can carry out a stored XSS attack in the Flavored Markdown environment [1].

The vulnerability is present in product:

  • GitLab; >=18.2.2, <18.5.5; >=18.6, <18.6.3; >=18.7, <18.7.1;

CVSS: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

More information:

  • CVE-2025-9222 at cve.org, NVD
  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') at cwe.mitre.org

The vulnerability was publicly disclosed 7. 1. 2026.

GitLab CE/EE - XSS (CVE-2025-13761)
CVSS 8.0 (High)

Using social engineering, an authenticated remote attacker can carry out an XSS attack in the Web IDE environment [1].

The vulnerability is present in product:

  • GitLab; >=18.6, <18.6.3; >=18.7, <18.7.1;

CVSS: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

More information:

  • CVE-2025-13761 at cve.org, NVD
  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') at cwe.mitre.org

The vulnerability was publicly disclosed 7. 1. 2026.

GitLab CE/EE - DoS (CVE-2025-10569)
CVSS 6.5 (Medium)

An authenticated remote attacker can carry out a DoS attack by sending specially crafted responses to external API calls in the import functionality [1].

The vulnerability is present in product:

  • GitLab; >=8.3, <18.5.5; >=18.6, <18.6.3; >=18.7, <18.7.1;

CVSS: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

More information:

The vulnerability was publicly disclosed 7. 1. 2026.


By CESNET, z.s.p.o. Martin Krajči on 8. 1. 2026.

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