CVE-2025-1754

Missing Authentication for Critical Function in GitLab

Severity Score

5.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.2 before 17.11.5, 18.0 before 18.0.3, and 18.1 before 18.1.1 that could have allowed unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files to public projects by sending crafted API requests, potentially leading to resource abuse and unauthorized content storage.

*Credits: Thanks [abdelrahman_maged](https://hackerone.com/abdelrahman_maged) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2025-02-27 CVE Reserved
2025-06-26 CVE Published
2025-06-26 CVE Updated
2025-06-26 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

CAPEC

References (0)

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
GitLab Search vendor "GitLab"		GitLab Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab"				>= 17.2.0 < 17.11.5 Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 17.2.0 < 17.11.5"		en		Affected
GitLab Search vendor "GitLab"		GitLab Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab"				>= 18.0.0 < 18.0.3 Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 18.0.0 < 18.0.3"		en		Affected
GitLab Search vendor "GitLab"		GitLab Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab"				>= 18.1.0 < 18.1.1 Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 18.1.0 < 18.1.1"		en		Affected