Vulnerability in gitlab (CVE-2025-13772)
Summary
Vulnerability in gitlab (CVE-2025-13772). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Mitigation: upgrade to 18.5.5, 18.6.3, 18.7.1 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.4 before 18.5.5, 18.6 before 18.6.3, and 18.7 before 18.7.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to access and utilize AI model settings from unauthorized namespaces by manipulating namespace identifiers in API requests.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-13772 has been found in gitlab.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 7.1/10.
What to do: upgrade gitlab to 18.5.5, 18.6.3, 18.7.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "gitlab CVE-2025-13772" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-13772 (gitlab) — CWE-862 / CVSS v3 7.1
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Patched: 18.5.5, 18.6.3, 18.7.1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-862) exists in gitlab.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of gitlab.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.1/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to 18.5.5, 18.6.3, 18.7.1.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'gitlab' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'gitlab' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
gitlabを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade gitlab to 18.5.5, 18.6.3, 18.7.1ステージング環境で 18.5.5, 18.6.3, 18.7.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web about.gitlab.com
- web gitlab.com
- web access.redhat.com
- web bugzilla.redhat.com
- web security.access.redhat.com
- web github.com
- web about.gitlab.com