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CVE-2025-9222

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-9222 is a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE, affecting versions 18.2.2 through 18.5.4, 18.6 through 18.6.2, and 18.7.0. An authenticated user could exploit GitLab Flavored Markdown to inject malicious scripts. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.4), it requires user interaction and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in the CISA KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 18.2.2, < 18.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
>= 18.2.2, < 18.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
>= 18.6.0, < 18.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
>= 18.6.0, < 18.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
18.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.7.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.7HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
5.8
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 45th percentile among its peer group of 15,239 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2025-9222Important

gitlab: GitLab: Stored Cross-Site Scripting via GitLab Flavored Markdown

Jan 9, 2026

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2025-9222
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
security.access.redhat.com / data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-9222.json
about.gitlab.com / releases/2026/01/07/patch-release-gitlab-18-7-1-released
Release NotesVendor Advisory
gitlab.com / gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/562561
Broken Link
hackerone.com / reports/3297483
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