CVE-2025-5069
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Publication date: 2025-09-26

Last updated on: 2025-09-29

Assigner: GitLab Inc.

Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.10 before 18.2.7, 18.3 before 18.3.3, and 18.4 before 18.4.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to gain unauthorized access to confidential issues by creating a project with an identical name to the victim's project.
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Published
2025-09-26
Last Modified
2025-09-29
Generated
2026-06-16
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2025-09-26
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-14
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Vendor Product Version / Range
gitlab gitlab From 17.10.0 (inc) to 18.2.7 (exc)
gitlab gitlab From 17.10.0 (inc) to 18.2.7 (exc)
gitlab gitlab From 18.3.0 (inc) to 18.3.3 (exc)
gitlab gitlab From 18.3.0 (inc) to 18.3.3 (exc)
gitlab gitlab 18.4.0
gitlab gitlab 18.4.0
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CWE ID Description
CWE-708 The product assigns an owner to a resource, but the owner is outside of the intended control sphere.
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE allows an authenticated user to gain unauthorized access to confidential issues by creating a project with the same name as another user's project. This means that by duplicating the project name, the attacker could view confidential information they should not have access to.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability could lead to unauthorized disclosure of confidential information within GitLab projects. If exploited, an attacker could access sensitive issues that are meant to be private, potentially leading to information leaks and compromising project confidentiality.

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