GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.6 before 18.6.3, and 18.7 before 18.7.1 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code in the context of an authenticated user's browser by convincing the legitimate user to visit a specially crafted webpage.
CVE-2025-13761
This critical-severity CVE scores 9.6 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.6%, top 53% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 9.6
- EG Score
- 9.6(medium)
- EG Risk
- 43(Track)EG Risk 43/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity96% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 48%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
January 9, 2026
Last Modified
July 15, 2026
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated Aug 23, 20262428218 – (CVE-2025-13761) CVE-2025-13761 gitlab: GitLab: Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Leading to Arbitrary Code Execution
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2428218CVE-2025-13761 - Red Hat Customer Portal
Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or OpenShift Container Platform 4, is affected by this vulnerability and a fix may be released to a
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-13761GitLab Patch Release: 18.7.1, 18.6.3, 18.5.5 | GitLab Docs
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/01/07/patch-release-gitlab-18-7-1-released/Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-13761(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 41× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
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- 2026-07-15 02:21 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 9.6 · severity → CRITICAL
- 2026-07-15 02:06 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 8 · severity → HIGH
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- 2026-06-30 04:31 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 9.6 · severity → CRITICAL
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