# CVE-2025-5101: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in GitLab

> CVE-2025-5101: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in GitLab. CVSS 5.0 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-5101
Last updated: 2026-06-17T09:47:11Z

- Published: 2025-08-27 19:33 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 09:47 UTC · Assigner: GitLab
- CVSS: 5.0 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS: 0.13%, 2th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-94

## Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 18.1.5, 18.2 before 18.2.5, and 18.3 before 18.3.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated attacker to distribute malicious code that appears harmless in the web interface by taking advantage of ambiguity between branches and tags during repository imports.

## 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-2025-5101)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5101)
- [https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/545165](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/545165)
- [https://hackerone.com/reports/3124199](https://hackerone.com/reports/3124199)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-5101 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-5101.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-5101 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:10:44.102Z