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GHSA-CF8F-2F35-R5WX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-11-15 09:30 – Updated: 2025-11-15 09:30

Details

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.4 before 18.4.4, and 18.5 before 18.5.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user to gain CSRF tokens by exploiting improper input validation in repository references combined with redirect handling weaknesses.

Severity ?

3.1 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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  "modified": "2025-11-15T09:30:25Z",
  "published": "2025-11-15T09:30:25Z",
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CVE-2025-11990 (GCVE-0-2025-11990)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-15 08:03 – Updated: 2025-11-17 20:11

Summary

Severity ?

3.1 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-177 - Improper Handling of URL Encoding (Hex Encoding)

Assigner

GitLab

References

URL

Tags

	https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/11/12/patc…
	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/577850	issue-trackingpermissions-required
	https://hackerone.com/reports/3257843	technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	GitLab	GitLab	Affected: 18.4 , < 18.4.4 (semver) Affected: 18.5 , < 18.5.2 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::

Credits

Thanks [swiftee](https://hackerone.com/swiftee) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-CF8F-2F35-R5WX

CVE-2025-11990 (GCVE-0-2025-11990)

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