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CVE-2025-5819: 
GitLab vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.7 before 17.11.6, 18.0 before 18.0.4, and 18.1 before 18.1.2 that could have allowed authenticated users with developer access to obtain ID tokens for protected branches under certain circumstances (NVD, GitLab Release).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.0 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N. The issue is classified under CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource). The vulnerability affects both Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) versions of GitLab (NVD, GitLab Release).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow authenticated users with developer access to obtain ID tokens for protected branches, potentially leading to unauthorized access to protected resources (GitLab Release).

Mitigation and workarounds

GitLab has released patches to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade to versions 17.11.6, 18.0.4, or 18.1.2 or later. GitLab.com is already running the patched version, and GitLab Dedicated customers do not need to take action (GitLab Release).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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