---
id: CVE-2025-9222
title: >-
  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
  exploitin…
summary: >-
  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
  exploitin…
severity: high
cvss: 8.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
  - CWE-79
vendor: gitlab
product: gitlab
affected:
  - 'gitlab >= 18.2.2, < 18.5.5'
  - 'gitlab >= 18.6.0, < 18.6.3'
  - gitlab = 18.7.0
patched:
  - gitlab 18.6.3
published: '2026-01-09'
updated: '2026-06-30'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9222'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/01/07/patch-release-gitlab-18-7-1-released/
    label: cve@gitlab.com
  - url: 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/562561'
    label: cve@gitlab.com
  - url: 'https://hackerone.com/reports/3297483'
    label: cve@gitlab.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9222'
    label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2428222'
    label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-9222.json
    label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.0043
epssPercentile: 0.3668
ingestedAt: '2026-06-30T13:26:50.271Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `gitlab >= 18.2.2, < 18.5.5`
- `gitlab >= 18.6.0, < 18.6.3`
- `gitlab = 18.7.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `gitlab 18.6.3`