CVE-2025-9642 is a critical vulnerability affecting GitLab CE/EE versions 14.10 through 18.2.6, 18.3 through 18.3.2, and 18.4 through 18.4.0. This flaw, categorized as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), allows for malicious content injection, potentially leading to account takeover. With a CVSS score of 9.6 (CRITICAL), it presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and severe impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including a recent GitLab patch release.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 14.10, < 18.2.7CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 18.3, < 18.3.3CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 18.4, < 18.4.1CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 14.10.0, < 18.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 14.10.0, < 18.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.8 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.