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.
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Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to versions 18.3.6, 18.4.4, 18.5.2 or above.


Workaround

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History

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 08:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title Improper Handling of URL Encoding (Hex Encoding) in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-177
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-15T08:03:49.850Z

Reserved: 2025-10-20T19:33:38.573Z

Link: CVE-2025-11990

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-11-15T08:15:45.620

Modified: 2025-11-15T08:15:45.620

Link: CVE-2025-11990

cve-icon Redhat

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