Unrated severityOSV Advisory· Published Jan 9, 2026· Updated Feb 26, 2026
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab
CVE-2025-9222
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.2.2 before 18.5.5, 18.6 before 18.6.3, and 18.7 before 18.7.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to achieve stored cross-site scripting by exploiting GitLab Flavored Markdown.
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Affected products
24v18.6.0-ee, v18.7.0-ee+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: v18.6.0-ee, v18.7.0-ee
- (no CPE)range: >=18.2.2, <18.5.5 || >=18.6, <18.6.3 || >=18.7, <18.7.1
- osv-coords22 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-18.2pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-18.3pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-18.4pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-assets-18.2pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-assets-18.3pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-assets-fips-18.2pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-assets-fips-18.3pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-assets-fips-18.4pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-doc-18.2pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-doc-18.3pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-doc-18.4pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-doc-fips-18.2pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-doc-fips-18.3pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-doc-fips-18.4pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.2pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.3pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.4pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-workhorse-ce-18.2pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-workhorse-ce-18.3pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-workhorse-ce-18.4pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-workhorse-ce-fips-18.2pkg:bitnami/gitlab
< 18.2.8-r3+ 21 more
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 18.3.6-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 18.4.6-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 18.3.6-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 18.3.6-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 18.4.6-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 18.3.6-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 18.4.6-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 18.3.6-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 18.4.6-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 18.3.6-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 18.4.6-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 18.3.6-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 18.4.6-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r3
- (no CPE)range: >= 18.2.2, < 18.5.5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- hackerone.com/reports/3297483mitretechnical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/562561mitreissue-trackingpermissions-required
- about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/01/07/patch-release-gitlab-18-7-1-released/mitre
News mentions
1- GitLab Patch Release: 18.7.1, 18.6.3, 18.5.5GitLab Security Releases · Jan 7, 2026