GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 18.2.6/18.3.2/18.4.0 incorrect ownership assignment

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 18.2.6/18.3.2/18.4.0 and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in incorrect ownership assignment. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-5069. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 18.2.6/18.3.2/18.4.0. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a incorrect ownership assignment vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-708. The product assigns an owner to a resource, but the owner is outside of the intended control sphere. 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 17.10 before 18.2.7, 18.3 before 18.3.3, and 18.4 before 18.4.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to gain unauthorized access to confidential issues by creating a project with an identical name to the victim's project.

The weakness was released by foxribeye. It is possible to read the advisory at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-5069 since 05/21/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 265960 (GitLab 17.10 < 18.2.7 / 18.3 < 18.3.3 / 18.4 < 18.4.1 (CVE-2025-5069)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 18.2.7, 18.3.3 or 18.4.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (265960) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2140). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Open Source GitLab

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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CNA Base Score: 3.5
CNA Vector (GitLab): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Incorrect ownership assignment
CWE: CWE-708 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 265960
Nessus Name: GitLab 17.10 < 18.2.7 / 18.3 < 18.3.3 / 18.4 < 18.4.1 (CVE-2025-5069)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 18.2.7/18.3.3/18.4.1

Timelineinfo

05/21/2025 CVE reserved
09/26/2025 +128 days Advisory disclosed
09/26/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/27/2025 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: gitlab.com
Researcher: foxribeye
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-5069 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-5069
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-326091
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2140 - GitLab: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 09/26/2025 11:47
Updated: 09/27/2025 07:40
Changes: 09/26/2025 11:47 (64), 09/26/2025 22:02 (2), 09/27/2025 07:40 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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