CVE-2025-1754 | Missing Authentication for Critical Function in GitLab

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.

Published: 2025-06-26 Last update: 2025-08-12 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-1754 is rated Low Risk (33.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.15%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-1754

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-22 0.05% 0.15% +0.10%
2 2025-11-23 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-1754

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-1754

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-1754

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-1754 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gitlab), 1 status rows across 1 suites (sid): open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-1754
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-1754 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gitlab), 6 status rows across 6 suites (jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, upstream, xenial): DNE 4, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-1754

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-1754

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gitlab gitlab >= 17.2.0, < 17.11.5 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab >= 17.2.0, < 17.11.5 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab >= 18.0.0, < 18.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab >= 18.0.0, < 18.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab 18.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.1.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab 18.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.1.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-1754

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