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Fencer Vulns
low 3.1

CVE-2025-11990 json

Improper Handling of URL Encoding (Hex Encoding) in GitLab

published 2025-11-15 11 mo ago modified 2026-10-19 21 d ago also BIT-gitlab-2025-11990 , EUVD-2025-197696

cvss
3.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami gitlab 18.4.4, 18.5.2
  • GitLab GitLab 18.4.4, 18.5.2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
11 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/3257843 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 3.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
OSV 3.1 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami gitlab
>=18.4.0, <18.4.4
>=18.5.0, <18.5.2
18.4.4
18.5.2

Affected products

  • GitLab GitLab

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-177 Improper Handling of URL Encoding (Hex Encoding)
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.