GitLabApplication
CVE-2025-10569
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedGitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8.3 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 create a denial of service condition by providing crafted responses to external API calls.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis GitLab vulnerability allows an authenticated user to cause a denial of service condition by providing crafted responses to external API calls. The issue affects GitLab CE/EE versions 8.3 prior to 18.5.5, 18.6 prior to 18.6.3, and 18.7 prior to 18.7.1.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
GitLabApplication
>= 8.3.0, < 18.5.5>= 18.6.0, < 18.6.3= 18.7.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check installed GitLab versionRun `sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:env:info` or check the version file at `/opt/gitlab/version` ( Omnibus) or look at the GitLab UI under Admin Area > Overview > DashboardAffected if The displayed version falls within >= 8.3.0 and < 18.5.5, OR >= 18.6.0 and < 18.6.3, OR equals 18.7.0
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Confirm external API integration is in useCheck if any external service integrations (e.g., external issue trackers, webhooks, CI/CD integrations pointing to external services, or integrations with external APIs) are configured in the GitLab instance under Project Settings > Integrations or Admin Area > Settings > IntegrationsAffected if External API integrations are configured and the GitLab version is in the affected range from step 1
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Verify authentication requirements for API accessReview the external integration configurations to confirm they are accessible to authenticated users; this vulnerability requires an authenticated user to send crafted responses through the integrationAffected if Authenticated users can trigger external API calls and the version is affected
The environment is affected if GitLab is running a version in the ranges 8.3.0 - 18.5.4, 18.6.0 - 18.6.2, or 18.7.0 AND external API integrations are accessible to authenticated users.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped18.5.518.6.3
Upgrade GitLab to version 18.5.5, 18.6.3, 18.7.1 or later to remediate this vulnerability.
Upgrade to GitLab 18.5.5, 18.6.3, or 18.7.1 (or later)
- Back up your GitLab instance database and repositories before upgrading
- Check your current GitLab version in the Admin Area > Metrics and profiling > Version
- Review GitLab's upgrade documentation for your current version to the target version
- Stop GitLab services (gitlab-ctl stop)
- Update GitLab using your package manager (e.g., apt-get update && apt-get install gitlab-ee for Debian/Ubuntu, or yum update for RHEL/CentOS)
- Reconfigure GitLab with gitlab-ctl reconfigure
- Restart GitLab services with gitlab-ctl restart
- Verify the upgrade was successful by checking the version in Admin Area
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation6.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-10569 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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