CVE-2025-11990 — Improper Handling of URL Encoding (Hex Encoding) in Gitlab

CWE-177 — Improper Handling of URL Encoding (Hex Encoding)CWE-22 — Path Traversal5 documents5 sources
Severity
3.5LOWNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.74%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
GitlabDebian GitlabGitlab EE
Timeline
PublishedNov 15

Description

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 vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.1 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5gitlab/gitlab18.4 — 18.4.4+1
▶NVDgitlab/gitlab18.4.0 — 18.4.4+1
▶debiandebian/gitlab
▶gitlabgitlab/gitlab

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-cf8f-2f35-r5wx: GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18↗2025-11-15
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OSV
CVE-2025-11990: GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18↗2025-11-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

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GitLab
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 authenti↗2025-11-15
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Debian
CVE-2025-11990: gitlab - GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.4 bef...↗2025
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