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9.1
CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVE-2025-7659
Origin Validation Error in GitLab
Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.2 before 18.6.6, 18.7 before 18.7.4, and 18.8 before 18.8.4 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to steal tokens and access private repositories by abusing incomplete validation in the Web IDE.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 11, 2026, 12:16 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 13, 2026, 3:32 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-7659 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gitlab gitlab
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH ceab7361-8a18-47b1-92ba-4d7d25f6715a
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH MITRE-CVE
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL [email protected]
Solution
Update GitLab to a patched version to fix token theft and unauthorized repository access.
  • Update GitLab to version 18.6.6 or later.
  • Update GitLab to version 18.7.4 or later.
  • Update GitLab to version 18.8.4 or later.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-7659.

URL Resource
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/02/10/patch-release-gitlab-18-8-4-released/ Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/555440 Broken LinkIssue Tracking
https://hackerone.com/reports/3234976 Permissions Required
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-7659 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-7659 weaknesses.

CAPEC-21: Exploitation of Trusted Identifiers Exploitation of Trusted Identifiers CAPEC-59: Session Credential Falsification through Prediction Session Credential Falsification through Prediction CAPEC-60: Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay) Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay) CAPEC-75: Manipulating Writeable Configuration Files Manipulating Writeable Configuration Files CAPEC-76: Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls CAPEC-89: Pharming Pharming CAPEC-111: JSON Hijacking (aka JavaScript Hijacking) JSON Hijacking (aka JavaScript Hijacking) CAPEC-141: Cache Poisoning Cache Poisoning CAPEC-142: DNS Cache Poisoning DNS Cache Poisoning CAPEC-160: Exploit Script-Based APIs Exploit Script-Based APIs CAPEC-384: Application API Message Manipulation via Man-in-the-Middle Application API Message Manipulation via Man-in-the-Middle CAPEC-385: Transaction or Event Tampering via Application API Manipulation Transaction or Event Tampering via Application API Manipulation CAPEC-386: Application API Navigation Remapping Application API Navigation Remapping CAPEC-387: Navigation Remapping To Propagate Malicious Content Navigation Remapping To Propagate Malicious Content CAPEC-388: Application API Button Hijacking Application API Button Hijacking CAPEC-510: SaaS User Request Forgery SaaS User Request Forgery

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-7659 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-7659 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* versions from (including) 18.7.0 up to (excluding) 18.7.4 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* versions from (including) 18.8.0 up to (excluding) 18.8.4 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 18.7.0 up to (excluding) 18.7.4 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 18.8.0 up to (excluding) 18.8.4 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* versions from (including) 18.2.0 up to (excluding) 18.6.6 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 18.2.0 up to (excluding) 18.6.6
    Added Reference Type GitLab Inc.: https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/02/10/patch-release-gitlab-18-8-4-released/ Types: Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Added Reference Type GitLab Inc.: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/555440 Types: Broken Link, Issue Tracking
    Added Reference Type GitLab Inc.: https://hackerone.com/reports/3234976 Types: Permissions Required
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 11, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.2 before 18.6.6, 18.7 before 18.7.4, and 18.8 before 18.8.4 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to steal tokens and access private repositories by abusing incomplete validation in the Web IDE.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-346
    Added Reference https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/02/10/patch-release-gitlab-18-8-4-released/
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/555440
    Added Reference https://hackerone.com/reports/3234976
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.1
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