VDB-345512 · CVE-2025-7659 · Issue 555440

GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 18.6.5/18.7.3/18.8.3 origin validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 18.6.5/18.7.3/18.8.3. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to origin validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-7659. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 18.6.5/18.7.3/18.8.3. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a origin validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-346. The product does not properly verify that the source of data or communication is valid. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.2 before 18.6.6, 18.7 before 18.7.4, and 18.8 before 18.8.4 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to steal tokens and access private repositories by abusing incomplete validation in the Web IDE.

The weakness was disclosed by cav0ur as 555440. The advisory is shared for download at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-7659 since 07/14/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 298872 (GitLab 18.2 < 18.6.6 / 18.7 < 18.7.4 / 18.8 < 18.8.4 (CVE-2025-7659)), 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 upgrade is hosted for download at about.gitlab.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (298872). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Type

Bug Tracking Software

Vendor

GitLab

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Version

License

open-source

Website

Vendor: https://gitlab.com/

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 9.1
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CNA Base Score: 8.0
CNA Vector (GitLab): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Origin validation
CWE: CWE-346 / CWE-345
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 298872
Nessus Name: GitLab 18.2 < 18.6.6 / 18.7 < 18.7.4 / 18.8 < 18.8.4 (CVE-2025-7659)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 18.6.6/18.7.4/18.8.4

Timelineinfo

07/14/2025 CVE reserved
02/11/2026 +212 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: 555440
Researcher: cav0ur
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-7659 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-7659
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-345512

Entryinfo

Created: 02/11/2026 15:09
Updated: 02/13/2026 18:56
Changes: 02/11/2026 15:09 (66), 02/13/2026 02:19 (2), 02/13/2026 18:56 (11)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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