CVE-2025-1540: GitLab

Medium severity, CVSS 4.2. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE for Self-Managed and Dedicated instances affecting all versions from 17.5 prior to 17.6.5, 17.7 prior to 17.7.4, and 17.8 prior to 17.8.2. It was possible for a user added as an External to read and clone internal projects under certain circumstances."

Affected products

• GitLab GitLab: from 17.5.0, before 17.6.5 (fixed in 17.6.5); from 17.7.0, before 17.7.4 (fixed in 17.7.4); from 17.8.0, before 17.8.2 (fixed in 17.8.2)

Published 2025-03-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.