What is CVE-2025-12697?

CVE-2025-12697 is a low-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 2.2/10. Published 2026-03-11.

How severe is CVE-2025-12697?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gitlab

CVE-2025-12697

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.5 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user with maintainer-role permissions to reveal Datadog API credentials under certain conditions.

EPSS: 0.003 (21.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.2 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 15.5, 18.8, 18.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-116 — Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

References

cve@gitlab.com (Permissions Required, technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)
cve@gitlab.com (Broken Link)
cve@gitlab.com (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-12697?: CVE-2025-12697 is a low-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 2.2/10. Published 2026-03-11.
How severe is CVE-2025-12697?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.2 out of 10.