CVE-2025-4278
Publication date 12 June 2025
Last updated 12 June 2025
Ubuntu priority
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting with 18.0 before 18.0.2. Under certain conditions html injection in new search page could lead to account takeover.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| gitlab | 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.10 oracular | Not in release | |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored |
Notes
mdeslaur
GitLab isn't maintainable as a distro package, and was removed from Ubuntu because of this. We will not be fixing security issues in the gitlab package in Xenial.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
8.7 · High
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |