CVE-2025-12506

LOW

Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference in GitLab

Title source: cna

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.5 before 18.11.7, 19.0 before 19.0.4, and 19.1 before 19.1.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to create a repository where the content displayed in the web interface differed from the content available for download, due to improper handling of Git reference name resolution.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/578988

Exploit technical-description exploit permissions-required

HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3351460

https://hackerone.com/reports/3351460

https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-1-2-released/

Scores

CVSS v3 3.5

EPSS 0.0019

EPSS Percentile 8.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-706

Status published

Products (4)

GitLab/GitLab 16.5 - 18.11.7

gitlab/gitlab 16.5.0 - 18.11.7 (2 CPE variants)

GitLab/GitLab 19.0 - 19.0.4

GitLab/GitLab 19.1 - 19.1.2

Published Jul 08, 2026

Tracked Since Jul 09, 2026