CVE-2025-11971

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 10.6 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 trigger unauthorized pipeline executions by manipulating commits.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.3 / Impact : 4.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/10/22/patch-release-gitlab-18-5-1-released/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/566587	Broken Link

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.5.0::::enterprise:::

History

28 Oct 2025, 13:47

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Gitlab Gitlab gitlab
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::* cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.5.0::::enterprise:::
References	~~() https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/10/22/patch-release-gitlab-18-5-1-released/ -~~	() https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/10/22/patch-release-gitlab-18-5-1-released/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/566587 -~~	() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/566587 - Broken Link

27 Oct 2025, 00:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-10-27 00:15

Updated : 2025-10-28 13:47

NVD link : CVE-2025-11971

Mitre link : CVE-2025-11971

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-11971

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

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