GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 17.5.0/17.6.0/17.7.0 API Request file information disclosure

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.5.0/17.6.0/17.7.0. It has been classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component API Request Handler. The manipulation leads to file information disclosure. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-0194. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.5.0/17.6.0/17.7.0. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component API Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a file information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-538. The product places sensitive information into files or directories that are accessible to actors who are allowed to have access to the files, but not to the sensitive information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 17.4 prior to 17.5.1, starting from 17.6 prior to 17.6.1, and starting from 17.7 prior to 17.7.1. Under certain conditions, access tokens may have been logged when API requests were made in a specific manner.

The weakness was published by Thong Kuah as 489459. It is possible to read the advisory at gitlab.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-0194 since 01/03/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1083 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 213578 (GitLab 17.4 < 17.5.1 / 17.6 < 17.6.1 / 17.7 < 17.7.1 (CVE-2025-0194)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 17.5.1, 17.6.1 or 17.7.1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at about.gitlab.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (213578). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Bug Tracking Software

Vendor

• GitLab

Name

• Community Edition
• Enterprise Edition

Version

• 17.0
• 17.1
• 17.2
• 17.3
• 17.4
• 17.5
• 17.5.0
• 17.6
• 17.6.0
• 17.7.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://gitlab.com/

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