CVE-2025-1198 Insufficient Session Expiration in GitLab
Attackers with revoked tokens can access streaming data via long-lived connections, requiring GitLab administrators to upgrade.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-1198?
CVE-2025-1198 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 13 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.11 prior to 17.6.5, 17.7 prior to 17.7.4, and 17.8 prior to 17.8.2 meant that long-lived connections in ActionCable potentially allowed revoked Personal Access Tokens access to streaming results.
Weakness: CWE-613
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1198?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including gitlab. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
gitlab Bitnami | From 16.11.0 | 17.8.2 |
Products include Gitlab Gitlab.
How do I fix CVE-2025-1198?
Upgrade gitlab to 17.8.2 or later.
Is CVE-2025-1198 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1198 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2026-85706 GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal
- CVE-2023-7028 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control
- CVE-2021-22205 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-39935 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Sources
Also known as BIT-gitlab-2025-1198, GHSA-x774-v4vm-3h8m, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1198.