GitLab 17.6 < 18.3.6 / 18.4 < 18.4.4 / 18.5 < 18.5.2 (CVE-2025-7000)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 298867

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 17.6 before 18.3.6, 18.4 before 18.4.4, and 18.5 before 18.5.2, that, under specific conditions, could have allowed unauthorized users to view confidential branch names by accessing project issues with related merge requests. (CVE-2025-7000)

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 18.3.6, 18.4.4, 18.5.2 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?394f9708

http://www.nessus.org/u?c61d1f3b

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/553129

https://hackerone.com/reports/3214025

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 298867

File Name: gitlab_cve-2025-7000.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 2/12/2026

Updated: 2/12/2026

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-7000

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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: 11/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-7000