GitLab Enterprise Edition up to 18.6.5/18.7.3/18.8.3 Internal Network Service server-side request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition up to 18.6.5/18.7.3/18.8.3. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Internal Network Service Handler. Such manipulation leads to server-side request forgery. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-12575. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GitLab Enterprise Edition up to 18.6.5/18.7.3/18.8.3. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Internal Network Service Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.0 before 18.6.6, 18.7 before 18.7.4, and 18.8 before 18.8.4 that, under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with certain permissions to make unauthorized requests to internal network services through the GitLab server.

The weakness was presented by go7f0qho. The advisory is available at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-12575 since 10/31/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 298836 (GitLab 18.0 < 18.6.6 / 18.7 < 18.7.4 / 18.8 < 18.8.4 (CVE-2025-12575)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 18.6.6, 18.7.4 or 18.8.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (298836). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 5.4
CNA Vector (GitLab): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Server-side request forgery
CWE: CWE-918
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 298836
Nessus Name: GitLab 18.0 < 18.6.6 / 18.7 < 18.7.4 / 18.8 < 18.8.4 (CVE-2025-12575)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Enterprise Edition 18.6.6/18.7.4/18.8.4

Timelineinfo

10/31/2025 CVE reserved
02/11/2026 +103 days Advisory disclosed
02/11/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
02/13/2026 +2 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: gitlab.com
Researcher: go7f0qho
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-12575 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-12575
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-345458

Entryinfo

Created: 02/11/2026 13:08
Updated: 02/13/2026 14:52
Changes: 02/11/2026 13:08 (66), 02/13/2026 14:52 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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