An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.6 before 18.3.6, 18.4 before 18.4.4, and 18.5 before 18.5.2, that, under specific conditions, could have allowed unauthorized users to view confidential branch names by accessing project issues with related merge requests.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Gitlab
  • Gitlab

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References
Link Providers
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/11/12/patch-release-gitlab-18-5-2-released/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/553129 cve-icon cve-icon
https://hackerone.com/reports/3214025 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 08:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.6 before 18.3.6, 18.4 before 18.4.4, and 18.5 before 18.5.2, that, under specific conditions, could have allowed unauthorized users to view confidential branch names by accessing project issues with related merge requests.
Title Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-201
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-15T08:04:19.745Z

Reserved: 2025-07-02T01:02:14.407Z

Link: CVE-2025-7000

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-11-15T08:15:46.487

Modified: 2025-11-15T08:15:46.487

Link: CVE-2025-7000

cve-icon Redhat

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