CVE-2025-0290Network attack vector

Background-job denial of service via artifact metadata

Published Jan 28, 2025 · Updated Jan 28, 2025

Infinite loop in GitLab CE/EE allows remote authenticated users to make background jobs unresponsive via CI artifact metadata processing. GitLab identifies CI artifact metadata processing as the affected locus but has not published the loop condition or the metadata operation that fails to terminate. Low-privileged network access is required, and successful triggering stalls background-job processing rather than disclosing or altering data.

CVSS severity4.3
Medium
EPSS probability0.37%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Infinite loop in GitLab CE/EE allows remote authenticated users to make background jobs unresponsive via CI artifact metadata processing. GitLab identifies CI artifact metadata processing as the affected locus but has not published the loop condition or the metadata operation that fails to terminate. Low-privileged network access is required, and successful triggering stalls background-job processing rather than disclosing or altering data.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-0290
Published
Jan 28, 2025
Updated
Jan 28, 2025
Vendor
GitLab
Product
GitLab
Classifications
CWE-835, T1499.004
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jan 28, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jan 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=15.0 <17.6.4
  2. Affected versionversion=17.7 <17.7.2
  3. Affected versionversion=17.8 <17.8.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

GitLab · GitLabversion=15.0 <17.6.4; version=17.7 <17.7.2; version=17.8 <17.8.0

Published CVSS scores

4.3GitLab Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
T1499.004Application or System Exploitation

Public exploit references

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