CVE-2025-11971 (GCVE-0-2025-11971)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-27 00:05 – Updated: 2025-10-28 15:00
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Summary
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 10.6 before 18.3.5, 18.4 before 18.4.3, and 18.5 before 18.5.1 that could have allowed an authenticated attacker to trigger unauthorized pipeline executions by manipulating commits.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: 10.6 , < 18.3.5 (semver)
Affected: 18.4 , < 18.4.3 (semver)
Affected: 18.5 , < 18.5.1 (semver)
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