Vulnerability · Published Jul 8, 2026 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2025-12506Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference in GitLab

Low 3.5

In plain English

A low-severity security flaw in GitLab from GitLab. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.5Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 74.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.5 before 18.11.7, 19.0 before 19.0.4, and 19.1 before 19.1.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to create a repository where the content displayed in the web interface differed from the content available for download, due to improper handling of Git reference name resolution.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitLab	GitLab	16.5 – before 18.11.719.0 – before 19.0.419.1 – before 19.1.2

Weakness: CWE-706 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3351460 technical-description, exploit, permissions-required
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/578988
https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-1-2-released/