GitLab CE/EE Branch Name Disclosure (17.618.5.x, pre18.3.6, pre18.4.4, pre18.5.2)
CVE-2025-7000 Published on November 15, 2025
Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data in GitLab
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-7000 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data
The code transmits data to another actor, but a portion of the data includes sensitive information that should not be accessible to that actor. Sensitive information could include data that is sensitive in and of itself (such as credentials or private messages), or otherwise useful in the further exploitation of the system (such as internal file system structure).
Products Associated with CVE-2025-7000
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Affected Versions
GitLab:- Version 17.6 and below 18.3.6 is affected.
- Version 18.4 and below 18.4.4 is affected.
- Version 18.5 and below 18.5.2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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