# CVE-2025-0290: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in GitLab

> CVE-2025-0290: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in GitLab. CVSS 4.3 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-0290
Last updated: 2026-06-17T08:26:13Z

- Published: 2025-01-28 08:45 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 08:26 UTC · Assigner: GitLab
- CVSS: 4.3 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- EPSS: 0.37%, 31th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-835

## Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.0 prior to 17.5.5, from 17.6 prior to 17.6.3, and from 17.7 prior to 17.7.1. Under certain conditions, processing of CI artifacts metadata could cause background jobs to become unresponsive.

## Affected vendors and products

- GitLab: GitLab

## Tracked companies

- [GitLab](https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0290)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0290)
- [https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/372134](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/372134)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-0290 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-0290.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-0290 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T04:03:29.990Z