CVE-2025-12506 (GCVE-0-2025-12506)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-08 20:47 – Updated: 2026-07-08 20:47
VLAI
Title
Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference in GitLab
Summary
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.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-706 - Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://hackerone.com/reports/3351460 | technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required |
| https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items… | |
| https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-re… |
Impacted products
Credits
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