Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-6454

High

Published: 12 September 2025

Published
12 September 2025
Modified
20 September 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0003 9.3th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

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

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

gitlab
gitlab
16.11.0 — 18.1.6 · 16.11.0 — 18.1.6 · 18.2.0 — 18.2.6

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.

addresses: CWE-918

Penetration testing attempts server-side requests to internal resources, identifying SSRF weaknesses for remediation.

addresses: CWE-918

Outbound connections to external resources can be monitored and limited at the boundary, reducing SSRF impact.

addresses: CWE-918

Validates server-side URLs and resource references to block SSRF attempts.

addresses: CWE-918

Detects server-side request forgery through monitoring of unexpected outbound connections.

References