Vulnerability in GitLab

CVE-2025-0290

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.0 prior to 17.5.5, from 17.6 prior to 17.6.3, and from 17.7 prior to 17.7.1. Under certain conditions, processing of CI artifacts metadata could cause background jobs to become unresponsive.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.5th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-0290: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • GitLab — versions 17.8, 17.7, 15.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-0290?
CVE-2025-0290 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-01-28.
How severe is CVE-2025-0290?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.