CVE-2025-5101
low-risk
Published 2025-08-27
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 18.1.5, 18.2 before 18.2.5, and 18.3 before 18.3.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated attacker to distribute malicious code that appears harmless in the web interface by taking advantage of ambiguity between branches and tags during repository imports.
Do I need to act?
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0.01% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.0/10
Medium
LOCAL
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Vendors
References (2)
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https://hackerone.com/reports/3124199
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity
13/34 · Low
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
10/34 · Low