CVE-2025-11990

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.

CVSS v3 3.1 LOW

3.1^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/11/12/patch-release-gitlab-18-5-2-released/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/577850	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/3257843	Permissions Required

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

History

19 Nov 2025, 17:55

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Gitlab Gitlab gitlab
CWE		CWE-22
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
References	~~() https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/11/12/patch-release-gitlab-18-5-2-released/ -~~	() https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/11/12/patch-release-gitlab-18-5-2-released/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/577850 -~~	() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/577850 - Broken Link
References	~~() https://hackerone.com/reports/3257843 -~~	() https://hackerone.com/reports/3257843 - Permissions Required

15 Nov 2025, 08:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-11-15 08:15

Updated : 2025-11-19 17:55

NVD link : CVE-2025-11990

Mitre link : CVE-2025-11990

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-11990

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-177

Improper Handling of URL Encoding (Hex Encoding)

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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