CVE-2025-11989 (GCVE-0-2025-11989)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-26 23:33 – Updated: 2025-10-28 14:44
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Summary
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.6.0 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 execute unauthorized quick actions by including malicious commands in specific descriptions.
Severity ?
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: 17.6.0 , < 18.3.5 (semver)
Affected: 18.4 , < 18.4.3 (semver)
Affected: 18.5 , < 18.5.1 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
This vulnerability has been discovered internally by GitLab team member Eva Kadlecová
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