GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.2.2 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 achieve stored cross-site scripting by exploiting GitLab Flavored Markdown.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00037.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
GitLab GitLab unaffected
Version Status Constraints
18.2.2 affected
< 18.5.5
18.6 affected
< 18.6.3
18.7 affected
< 18.7.1

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.7.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.7.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to versions 18.5.5, 18.6.3, 18.7.1 or above.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/01/07/patch-release-gitlab-18-7-1-released/ cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/562561 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://hackerone.com/reports/3297483 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9222 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9222 cve-icon
History

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 23:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.7.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.7.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

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 threat_severity

Important

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.2.2 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 achieve stored cross-site scripting by exploiting GitLab Flavored Markdown.
Title Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-26T15:04:51.985Z

Reserved: 2025-08-20T05:06:09.403Z

Link: CVE-2025-9222

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-09T15:20:54.869Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-01-09T10:15:47.037

Modified: 2026-01-22T17:20:15.873

Link: CVE-2025-9222

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-01-09T10:04:36Z

Links: CVE-2025-9222 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses