CVE-2025-6454
Published: 12 September 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-6454 is a high-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab. Its CVSS base score is 8.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 9.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-29020
Vulnerability details
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.11 before 18.1.6, 18.2 before 18.2.6, and 18.3 before 18.3.2 that could have allowed authenticated users to make unintended internal requests through proxy environments by injecting crafted sequences.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing attempts server-side requests to internal resources, identifying SSRF weaknesses for remediation.
Outbound connections to external resources can be monitored and limited at the boundary, reducing SSRF impact.
Validates server-side URLs and resource references to block SSRF attempts.
Detects server-side request forgery through monitoring of unexpected outbound connections.