What is CVE-2025-1754?

CVE-2025-1754 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-06-26.

How severe is CVE-2025-1754?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Gitlab

CVE-2025-1754

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.002 (14.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 18.1, 18.1.0, 17.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

cve@gitlab.com (issue-tracking, permissions-required, Broken Link)
cve@gitlab.com (Permissions Required, technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-1754?: CVE-2025-1754 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-06-26.
How severe is CVE-2025-1754?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.