GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 16.11.4/17.0.2/17.1.0 redos
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Summary
A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 16.11.4/17.0.2/17.1.0. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation results in redos. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-4025. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
Details
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 16.11.4/17.0.2/17.1.0. Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redos vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-1333. The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:
A Denial of Service (DoS) condition has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 7.10 prior before 16.11.5, version 17.0 before 17.0.3, and 17.1 before 17.1.1. It is possible for an attacker to cause a denial of service using a crafted markdown page.
The weakness was disclosed by joaxcar. The advisory is available at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-4025 since 04/22/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1449.003 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
Upgrading to version 16.11.5, 17.0.3 or 17.1.1 eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
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Website
- Vendor: https://gitlab.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
CNA Vector (GitLab): 🔒
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Exploiting
Class: RedosCWE: CWE-1333 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 16.11.5/17.0.3/17.1.1
Timeline
04/22/2024 CVE reserved06/20/2025 Advisory disclosed
06/20/2025 VulDB entry created
08/12/2025 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: gitlab.comAdvisory: gitlab.com
Researcher: joaxcar
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2024-4025 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-4025
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-313542
Entry
Created: 06/20/2025 21:16Updated: 08/12/2025 17:15
Changes: 06/20/2025 21:16 (65), 08/12/2025 17:15 (12)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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