CVE-2025-9222

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 36.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-15.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-01-09 10:04Z9 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-07-15 01:24Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-08-20

Assigning CNA

GitLab

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.7)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

311e48f44d3a95c1e58c349bab0f5ef2945cce8f75c23d2b06be5109a87e690c

• gitlab.comGitLab Issue #562561https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/562561issue-trackingpermissions-required
• hackerone.comHackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3297483https://hackerone.com/reports/3297483technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
• about.gitlab.comhttps://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/01/07/patch-release-gitlab-18-7-1-released/
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9222vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2428222https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2428222issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.access.redhat.comhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-9222.jsonx_sadp-csaf-vex