CVE-2025-12506 PUBLISHED

Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference in GitLab

Assigner: GitLab
Reserved: 30.10.2025 Published: 08.07.2026 Updated: 09.07.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 3.5

Product Status

Vendor GitLab
Product GitLab
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 16.5 to 18.11.7 (excl.)
  • affected from 19.0 to 19.0.4 (excl.)
  • affected from 19.1 to 19.1.2 (excl.)

Solutions

Upgrade to versions 18.11.7, 19.0.4, 19.1.2 or above.

Credits

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

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-706: Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference CWE