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…
EPSS: 0.000 (3.0th 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)
References
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3341953 (technical-description, exploit, permissions-required)
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/579504
- about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/03/11/patch-release-gitlab-18-9-2-released/
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.