CVE-2025-11990
Improper Handling of URL Encoding (Hex Encoding) in GitLab
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 3.1 Low
- Published
- Nov 15, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 17, 2025
- Reserved
- Oct 20, 2025
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 3.1 Low | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | GitLab |
Weaknesses
- CWE-177 Improper Handling of URL Encoding (Hex Encoding)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
GitLabGitLab |
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References
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/11/12/patch-release-gitlab-18-5-2-released/
- GitLab Issue #577850issue-trackingpermissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3257843technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
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