CVE-2025-12697 — Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output in Gitlab

CWE-116 — Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output6 documents6 sources
Severity
4.4MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.46%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
GitlabDebian GitlabGitlab CE
Timeline
PublishedMar 11

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.5 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user with maintainer-role permissions to reveal Datadog API credentials under certain conditions.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 0.7 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5gitlab/gitlab15.5 — 18.7.6+2
▶NVDgitlab/gitlab15.5.0 — 18.7.6+2
▶debiandebian/gitlab
▶gitlabgitlab/gitlab

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-jqw6-r3pp-rfvr: GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15↗2026-03-11
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OSV
CVE-2025-12697: GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15↗2026-03-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

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GitLab
CVE-2025-12697: GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.5 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could h↗2026-03-11
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Debian
CVE-2025-12697: gitlab - GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.5 ...↗2025
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2025-12697 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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