CVE-2025-12506

LOW 3.5

Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference in GitLab

CVSS Score

3.5

EPSS Score

0.2%

EPSS Percentile

8th

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.5 before 18.11.7, 19.0 before 19.0.4, and 19.1 before 19.1.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to create a repository where the content displayed in the web interface differed from the content available for download, due to improper handling of Git reference name resolution.

CWE	CWE-706
Vendor	gitlab
Product	gitlab
Ecosystems	DevTools
Industries	Technology
Published	Jul 8, 2026
Last Updated	Jul 9, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Affected Versions

GitLab / GitLab

16.5 < 18.11.7 19.0 < 19.0.4 19.1 < 19.1.2

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

hackerone.com: https://hackerone.com/reports/3351460 gitlab.com: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/578988 docs.gitlab.com: https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-1-2-released/

Credits

Thanks [shells3c](https://hackerone.com/shells3c) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program