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Publication date: 2025-11-15

Last updated on: 2025-11-20

Assigner: GitLab Inc.

Description

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.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-11-15

Last Modified

2025-11-20

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-11-15

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-7000

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
gitlab	gitlab	From 17.6.0 (inc) to 18.3.6 (exc)
gitlab	gitlab	From 17.6.0 (inc) to 18.3.6 (exc)
gitlab	gitlab	From 18.4.0 (inc) to 18.4.4 (exc)
gitlab	gitlab	From 18.4.0 (inc) to 18.4.4 (exc)
gitlab	gitlab	From 18.5.0 (inc) to 18.5.2 (exc)
gitlab	gitlab	From 18.5.0 (inc) to 18.5.2 (exc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-201	The code transmits data to another actor, but a portion of the data includes sensitive information that should not be accessible to that actor.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE versions from 17.6 before 18.3.6, 18.4 before 18.4.4, and 18.5 before 18.5.2 allows unauthorized users, under specific conditions, to view confidential branch names by accessing project issues that have related merge requests.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability could lead to unauthorized disclosure of confidential branch names, potentially exposing sensitive development information to unauthorized users. This could aid attackers in understanding project structure or planning further attacks.

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