Vulnerability · Published Nov 15, 2025 · Assigned by GitLab
CVE-2025-7000Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data in GitLab
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-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 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 67.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-201 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/11/12/patch-release-gitlab-18-5-2-released/
- GitLab Issue #553129 issue-tracking, permissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3214025 technical-description, exploit, permissions-required