GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 17.8.6/17.9.5/17.10.3 CI Pipeline Export allocation of resources

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.8.6/17.9.5/17.10.3. It has been declared as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component CI Pipeline Export Handler. The manipulation results in allocation of resources. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-1677. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.8.6/17.9.5/17.10.3. Affected is some unknown processing of the component CI Pipeline Export Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

A Denial of Service (DoS) issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all up to 17.8.7, 17.9 prior to 17.9.6 and 17.10 prior to 17.10.4 A denial of service could occur upon injecting oversized payloads into CI pipeline exports.

The weakness was published by pwnie. The advisory is shared for download at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-1677 since 02/25/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 234128 (GitLab < 17.8.7 / 17.9 < 17.9.6 / 17.10 < 17.10.4 (CVE-2025-1677)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 17.8.7, 17.9.6 or 17.10.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (234128). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Bug Tracking Software

Vendor

• GitLab

Name

• Community Edition
• Enterprise Edition

Version

• 17.8.0
• 17.8.1
• 17.8.2
• 17.8.3
• 17.8.4
• 17.8.5
• 17.8.6
• 17.9.0
• 17.9.1
• 17.9.2
• 17.9.3
• 17.9.4
• 17.9.5
• 17.10.0
• 17.10.1
• 17.10.2
• 17.10.3

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://gitlab.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 6.5
CNA Vector (GitLab): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Allocation of resources
CWE: CWE-770 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 234128
Nessus Name: GitLab < 17.8.7 / 17.9 < 17.9.6 / 17.10 < 17.10.4 (CVE-2025-1677)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 17.8.7/17.9.6/17.10.4

Timelineinfo

02/25/2025 🔍
04/10/2025 +43 days 🔍
04/10/2025 +0 days 🔍
08/08/2025 +120 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: gitlab.com
Researcher: pwnie
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-1677 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-1677
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-304380

Entryinfo

Created: 04/10/2025 15:19
Updated: 08/08/2025 04:55
Changes: 04/10/2025 15:19 (65), 04/11/2025 04:38 (2), 08/08/2025 04:55 (12)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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