What is CVE-2025-1198?

CVE-2025-1198 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2025-02-13.

How severe is CVE-2025-1198?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-1198 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Gitlab

CVE-2025-1198

An issue discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.11 prior to 17.6.5, 17.7 prior to 17.7.4, and 17.8 prior to 17.8.2 meant that long-lived connections in ActionCable potentially allowed revoked Personal Access Tokens acces…

EPSS: 0.002 (14.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 16.11, 17.7, 17.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-613 — Insufficient Session Expiration

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve@gitlab.com (issue-tracking, permissions-required, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-1198?: CVE-2025-1198 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2025-02-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-1198?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-1198 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.