CVE-2025-12704 (GCVE-0-2025-12704)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-11 16:05 – Updated: 2026-03-12 16:20
VLAI?
Title
Missing Authorization in GitLab
Summary
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.2 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user to access Virtual Registry data in groups where they are not members due to improper authorization under certain conditions.
Severity ?
3.5 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: 18.2 , < 18.7.6 (semver)
Affected: 18.8 , < 18.8.6 (semver)
Affected: 18.9 , < 18.9.2 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Thanks [mateuszek](https://hackerone.com/mateuszek) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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