CVE-2025-8279 (GCVE-0-2025-8279)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-28 14:04 – Updated: 2025-07-28 14:23
VLAI
Title
Missing Authentication for Critical Function in GitLab Language Server
Summary
Insufficient input validation within GitLab Language Server 7.6.0 and later before 7.30.0 allows arbitrary GraphQL query execution
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/538205 issue-trackingpermissions-required
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Language Server Affected: 7.6.0 , < 7.30.0 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab-language-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
This vulnerability has been discovered internally by GitLab team member Joern Schneeweisz.
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