GitLab Patch Release: 18.4.2, 18.3.4, 18.2.8

Today, we are releasing versions 18.4.2, 18.3.4, 18.2.8 for GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE).

These versions contain important bug and security fixes, and we strongly recommend that all self-managed GitLab installations be upgraded to one of these versions immediately. GitLab.com is already running the patched version. GitLab Dedicated customers do not need to take action.

GitLab releases fixes for vulnerabilities in patch releases. There are two types of patch releases: scheduled releases and ad-hoc critical patches for high-severity vulnerabilities. Scheduled releases are released twice a month on the second and fourth Wednesdays. For more information, please visit our releases handbook and security FAQ. You can see all of GitLab release blog posts here.

For security fixes, the issues detailing each vulnerability are made public on our issue tracker 30 days after the release in which they were patched.

We are committed to ensuring that all aspects of GitLab that are exposed to customers or that host customer data are held to the highest security standards. To maintain good security hygiene, it is highly recommended that all customers upgrade to the latest patch release for their supported version. You can read more best practices in securing your GitLab instance in our blog post.

Recommended Action

We strongly recommend that all installations running a version affected by the issues described below are upgraded to the latest version as soon as possible.

When no specific deployment type (omnibus, source code, helm chart, etc.) of a product is mentioned, it means all types are affected.

Security fixes

Table of security fixes

Title	Severity
Incorrect authorization issue in GraphQL mutations impacts GitLab EE	High
Denial of Service issue in GraphQL blob type impacts GitLab CE/EE	High
Missing authorization issue in manual jobs impacts GitLab CE/EE	Medium
Denial of Service issue in webhook endpoints impacts GitLab CE/EE	Medium

CVE-2025-11340 - Incorrect authorization issue in GraphQL mutations impacts GitLab EE

GitLab has remediated an issue that, under certain conditions, could have allowed authenticated users with read-only API tokens to perform unauthorized write operations on vulnerability records by exploiting incorrectly scoped GraphQL mutations.
Impacted Versions: GitLab EE: all versions from 18.3 to 18.3.4, 18.4 to 18.4.2
CVSS: 7.7 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N)

This vulnerability has been discovered internally by GitLab team member Brian Williams.

CVE-2025-10004 - Denial of Service issue in GraphQL blob type impacts GitLab CE/EE

GitLab has remediated an issue that could make the GitLab instance unresponsive or degraded by sending crafted GraphQL queries requesting large repository blobs.
Impacted Versions: GitLab CE/EE: all versions from 13.12 to 18.2.8, 18.3 to 18.3.4, and 18.4 to 18.4.2
CVSS: 7.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Thanks pwnie for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program.

CVE-2025-9825 - Missing authorization issue in manual jobs impacts GitLab CE/EE

GitLab has remediated an issue that could have allowed authenticated users without project membership to view sensitive manual CI/CD variables by querying the GraphQL API.
Impacted Versions: GitLab CE/EE: all versions from 13.7 to 18.2.8, 18.3 before 18.3.4, and 18.4 before 18.4.2
CVSS: 5.0 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Thanks joaxcar for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program.

CVE-2025-2934 - Denial of Service issue in webhook endpoints impacts GitLab CE/EE

GitLab has remediated an issue impacting an upstream Ruby Core library that could have allowed an authenticated user to create a denial of service condition by configuring malicious webhook endpoints that send crafted HTTP responses. This issue was reported to Ruby Core maintainers on July 17, 2025.
Impacted Versions: GitLab CE/EE: all versions from 5.2 prior to 18.2.8, 18.3 prior to 18.3.4, and 18.4 prior to 18.4.2
CVSS: 4.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Thanks ppee for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program.

Bug fixes

18.4.2

• Backport of 'Added safety chaining to pipeline helper'
• Workhorse: Improve large HTTP handling for DWS proxy
• Backport of 'Fix: no implicit conversion of String into Array' in Geo::Event workers
• Backport: Fix agentic chat
• [18.4] Clear detached partitions before tests run
• Backport 'Fixes target projects endpoint 404 on compare revisions view'
• Transfer start and due dates data upon work item move or clone
• Backport of 'Fix reassignment dropdown in CE'
• Transfer health status data upon work item move or clone
• Backport of Revert "Merge branch 'ai-catalog-item-consumers-graphql' into 'master'"
• Backport of CI_MERGE_REQUEST_DIFF_BASE_SHA not updating on branch change
• Backport of "Use key-value structure in Release Environment MR label script"
• Backport of 'Fix Start free trial link for self-managed instances'
• Update dependency gitlab-fog-azure-rm to '~> 2.4.0'
• Backport of 'Remove non Saas instances from calling CDOT for trial duration'
• Backport of 'Remove check_f02a3f53bf not null constraint'
• 18.4 backport of 'Remove unknown licenses from sbom dependency list export'
• [18.4] Fix json validation for elasticsearch_aws_role_arn
• Backport: Change the model selection FF used for self managed
• [18.4] Prevent session creation for sessionless users
• Add a gitlab::config alias for package::config recipe

18.3.4

• Workhorse: Improve large HTTP handling for DWS proxy
• [18.3] Clear detached partitions before tests run
• Backport 'Fixes target projects endpoint 404 on compare revisions view'
• Transfer start and due dates data upon work item move or clone
• Backport of 'Fix reassignment dropdown in CE'
• Transfer health status data upon work item move or clone
• Backport of "Use key-value structure in Release Environment MR label script"
• Update dependency gitlab-fog-azure-rm to '~> 2.4.0'
• Backport of 'Remove non Saas instances from calling CDOT for trial duration'
• 18.3 backport of 'Remove unknown licenses from sbom dependency list export'
• Update docs hugo jobs' image to use latest image

18.2.8

• [18.2] Allow elastic client adapter to be set
• [18.2] Clear detached partitions before tests run
• Transfer start and due dates data upon work item move or clone
• Backport of 'Fix reassignment dropdown in CE'
• Transfer health status data upon work item move or clone
• Backport of "Use key-value structure in Release Environment MR label script"
• Update dependency gitlab-fog-azure-rm to '~> 2.4.0'
• [18.2] Fix json validation for elasticsearch_aws_role_arn
• 18.2 backport of 'Remove unknown licenses from sbom dependency list export'
• Backport of 'Fix Start free trial link for self-managed instances'
• Update docs hugo jobs' image to use latest image

Important notes on upgrading

This patch includes database migrations that may impact your upgrade process.

Impact on your installation:

• Single-node instances: This patch will cause downtime during the upgrade as migrations must complete before GitLab can start.
• Multi-node instances: With proper zero-downtime upgrade procedures, this patch can be applied without downtime.

Post-deploy migrations

The following versions include post-deploy migrations that can run after the upgrade:

• 18.4.2

To learn more about the impact of upgrades on your installation, see:

• Zero-downtime upgrades for multi-node deployments
• Standard upgrades for single-node installations

Updating

To update GitLab, see the Update page. To update Gitlab Runner, see the Updating the Runner page.

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