Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-2469

Gitlab 17.9.0 – 17.9.6

Public PoC
Published
10 April 2025
Modified
07 August 2025
CVSS Score v3.1 3.7
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0037 30th percentile
Risk Priority 32 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-2469 is a low-severity Debug Messages Revealing Unnecessary Information (CWE-1295) vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab. Its CVSS base score is 3.7 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique OS Credential Dumping (T1003); ranked at the 30th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-11 (Error Handling) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.9 before 17.9.6, and 17.10 before 17.10.4. The runtime profiling data of a specific service was accessible to unauthenticated users.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1003 OS Credential Dumping Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to dump credentials to obtain account login and credential material, normally in the form of a hash or a clear text password.
T1082 System Information Discovery Discovery
An adversary may attempt to get detailed information about the operating system and hardware, including version, patches, hotfixes, service packs, and architecture.
T1592 Gather Victim Host Information Reconnaissance
Adversaries may gather information about the victim's hosts that can be used during targeting.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

gitlab
gitlab
17.9.0 — 17.9.6 · 17.9.0 — 17.9.6 · 17.10.0 — 17.10.4

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 3 hardening rules · 3 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V13.4.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-11 requires error messages (including debug/diagnostic output) to avoid exposing exploitable system details, directly stopping the described information leakage.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require sanitizing or removing debug messages that leak internal information.

PR.PS-01 partial match
prevents

Configuration baselines can disable debug output in production, partially preventing exposure of sensitive details.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing can detect excessive debug information, but does not guarantee its prevention in production.

prevents

Configuration management can disable debug flags, providing partial mitigation without covering the control's broader scope.

A.8.15 Logging partial match
prevents

Logging control requires that only necessary information is recorded, directly mitigating debug messages that leak sensitive data.

prevents

Secure coding practices mandate removal or protection of debug output containing sensitive information before release.

mitigates

Separation of environments reduces risk of debug exposure in production but does not address the weakness itself.

Hardening callouts derived

Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).

Windows 10 (1 rule)
  • V-220967 The Debug programs user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group. prevents CWE-1295
Windows Server 2016 (1 rule)
  • V-225079 The Debug programs user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group. prevents CWE-1295
Windows Server 2019 (1 rule)
  • V-205757 Windows Server 2019 Debug programs: user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group. prevents CWE-1295

References