CVE-2025-11989 (GCVE-0-2025-11989)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-26 23:33
Modified
2025-10-28 14:44
Severity ?
3.7 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Summary
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.6.0 before 18.3.5, 18.4 before 18.4.3, and 18.5 before 18.5.1 that could have allowed an authenticated attacker to execute unauthorized quick actions by including malicious commands in specific descriptions.
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Impacted products
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GitLab GitLab Version: 17.6.0   ≤
Version: 18.4   ≤
Version: 18.5   ≤
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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