GitLab 15.7 < 18.0.6 / 18.1 < 18.1.4 / 18.2 < 18.2.2 (CVE-2025-5819)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 249243

Synopsis

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability, as follows:

- An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.7 before 17.11.6, 18.0 before 18.0.4, and 18.1 before 18.1.2 that could have allowed authenticated users with developer access to obtain ID tokens for protected branches under certain circumstances. (CVE-2025-5819)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to GitLab version 18.0.6, 18.1.4, 18.2.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 249243

File Name: gitlab_cve-2025-5819.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 8/14/2025

Updated: 8/14/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5819

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:gitlab:gitlab

Required KB Items: installed_sw/GitLab

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5819

Detections

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