CVE-2025-1516 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting GitLab CE/EE versions 8.7 through 17.10.7, 17.11 through 17.11.3, and 18.0 through 18.0.1. This flaw stems from improper input validation in Token Names, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it presents a significant availability risk with low attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered substantial community discussion and media coverage, indicating heightened awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.7.0, < 17.10.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.7.0, < 17.10.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.11.0, < 17.11.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.11.0, < 17.11.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 18.0.0, < 18.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.