CVE-2025-9222

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.2.2 before 18.5.5, 18.6 before 18.6.3, and 18.7 before 18.7.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to achieve stored cross-site scripting by exploiting GitLab Flavored Markdown.

CVSS v3 8.7 HIGH

8.7^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 5.8

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/01/07/patch-release-gitlab-18-7-1-released/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/562561	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/3297483	Permissions Required
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9222
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2428222
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-9222.json

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.7.0::::community:::
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.7.0::::enterprise:::

History

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Information

Published : 2026-01-09 10:15

Updated : 2026-07-15 02:17

NVD link : CVE-2025-9222

Mitre link : CVE-2025-9222

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-9222

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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