Vulnerability · Published Feb 11, 2026 · Assigned by GitLab
CVE-2025-7659Origin Validation Error in GitLab
High 8.0
In plain English
A high-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 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.0High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 87.8% 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 18.2 before 18.6.6, 18.7 before 18.7.4, and 18.8 before 18.8.4 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to steal tokens and access private repositories by abusing incomplete validation in the Web IDE.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-346 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
References
- GitLab Issue #555440 issue-tracking, permissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3234976 technical-description, exploit, permissions-required
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/02/10/patch-release-gitlab-18-8-4-released/