GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 17.10.6/17.11.2/18.0.0 Email Address private personal information

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.10.6/17.11.2/18.0.0. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Email Address Handler. Performing a manipulation results in private personal information. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-0679. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.10.6/17.11.2/18.0.0. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code block of the component Email Address Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a private personal information vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-359. The product does not properly prevent a person's private, personal information from being accessed by actors who either (1) are not explicitly authorized to access the information or (2) do not have the implicit consent of the person about whom the information is collected. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.1 before 17.10.7, 17.11 before 17.11.3, and 18.0 before 18.0.1. Under certain conditions un-authorised users can view full email addresses that should be partially obscured.

The weakness was presented by mateuszek. The advisory is shared at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-0679 since 01/23/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1589 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 237109 (GitLab 17.1 < 17.10.7 / 17.11 < 17.11.3 / 18.0 < 18.0.1 (CVE-2025-0679)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 17.10.7, 17.11.3 or 18.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (237109) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-16149). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 4.3
CNA Vector (GitLab): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Private personal information
CWE: CWE-359
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 237109
Nessus Name: GitLab 17.1 < 17.10.7 / 17.11 < 17.11.3 / 18.0 < 18.0.1 (CVE-2025-0679)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 17.10.7/17.11.3/18.0.1

Timelineinfo

01/23/2025 🔍
05/22/2025 +118 days 🔍
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05/23/2025 +1 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: gitlab.com
Researcher: mateuszek
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-0679 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-0679
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-309993
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 05/22/2025 16:55
Updated: 05/23/2025 06:38
Changes: 05/22/2025 16:55 (65), 05/22/2025 20:26 (1), 05/23/2025 06:38 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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