GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 17.11.4/18.0.2/18.1.0 API Request missing authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.11.4/18.0.2/18.1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component API Request Handler. This manipulation causes missing authentication. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-1754. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.11.4/18.0.2/18.1.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component API Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.2 before 17.11.5, 18.0 before 18.0.3, and 18.1 before 18.1.1 that could have allowed unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files to public projects by sending crafted API requests, potentially leading to resource abuse and unauthorized content storage.

The weakness was presented by abdelrahman_maged. The advisory is shared at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-1754 since 02/27/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 240621 (GitLab 17.2 < 17.11.5 / 18.0 < 18.0.3 / 18.1 < 18.1.1 (CVE-2025-1754)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 17.11.5, 18.0.3 or 18.1.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (240621) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-19168). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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CNA Base Score: 5.3
CNA Vector (GitLab): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing authentication
CWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 240621
Nessus Name: GitLab 17.2 < 17.11.5 / 18.0 < 18.0.3 / 18.1 < 18.1.1 (CVE-2025-1754)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 17.11.5/18.0.3/18.1.1

Timelineinfo

02/27/2025 🔍
06/26/2025 +118 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: gitlab.com
Researcher: abdelrahman_maged
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-1754 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-1754
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-313933
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 06/26/2025 07:55
Updated: 06/26/2025 15:16
Changes: 06/26/2025 07:55 (66), 06/26/2025 10:55 (1), 06/26/2025 15:16 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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