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GitLabCVE-2025-12506

GitLab: authenticated user could create a repository

Low3.5CVE-2025-12506 · Published Jul 8, 2026 · updated Jul 9, 2026

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.5 before 18.11.7, 19.0 before 19.0.4, and 19.1 before 19.1.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to create a repository where the content displayed in the web interface differed from the content available for download, due to improper handling of Git reference name resolution.

GitLab advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
GitLab
Product
>= 16.5, < 18.11.718.11.7
>= 19.0, < 19.0.419.0.4
>= 19.1, < 19.1.219.1.2
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