CVE-2025-9222
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.7 High
- Published
- Jan 9, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 20, 2025
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.7 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N | GitLab |
| 3.1 | 8.7 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N | redhat-SADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
GitLabGitLab |
|
References
- GitLab Issue #562561issue-trackingpermissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3297483technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/01/07/patch-release-gitlab-18-7-1-released/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9222vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2428222issue-tracking
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-9222.json
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