SB2025121119 - Multiple vulnerabilities in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE)



SB2025121119 - Multiple vulnerabilities in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE)

Published: December 11, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025121119
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 10
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 10 vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-12716)

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in Wiki. A remote user can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


2) Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-8405)

CWE-ID: CWE-116 - Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper encoding in vulnerability reports. A remote user can inject malicious HTML into vulnerability code flow displays and perform unauthorized actions on behalf of other users.


3) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-12029)

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in Swagger UI. A remote user can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


4) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-12562)

CWE-ID: CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to allocation of resources without limits or throttling in GraphQL endpoints. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


5) Authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-11984)

CWE-ID: CWE-288 - Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication process.

The vulnerability exists due to authentication bypass issue for WebAuthn users. A remote user can bypass authentication process and gain unauthorized access to the application.


6) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-4097)

CWE-ID: CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to allocation of resources without limits or throttling in ExifTool processing. A remote user can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


7) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-14157)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Commit API. A remote user can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


8) Authorization bypass through user-controlled key (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-11247)

CWE-ID: CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to authorization bypass through user-controlled key in compliance frameworks. A remote user can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.


9) Information Exposure Through an Error Message (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-13978)

CWE-ID: CWE-209 - Information Exposure Through an Error Message

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to generation of error message containing sensitive information. A remote user can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.


10) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-12734)

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in merge request titles. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.