CVE-2025-4976

MEDIUM 4.3 ALL-YEARS

Published 2025-07-24 · Last modified 2025-07-24 · GitLab · NVD: Analyzed

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.0 before 18.0.5, 18.1 before 18.1.3, and 18.2 before 18.2.1 that, under certain circumstances, could have allowed an attacker to access internal notes in GitLab Duo responses.

LIMITED SIGNALS

No known exploitation, public exploit, or elevated probability at this time. Track for changes.

Exploitation likelihood

0.5%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 43rd percentile

○ In CISA KEV○ Catalogued PoC◆ SSVC: exploitation none, automatable no

Impact if exploited

4.3CVSS 3.1 · MEDIUM · CNA

ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

What an attacker needs

✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
⚠Privileges: Requires a low-privilege account
✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable

✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it

Proof of concept

No public PoC is currently catalogued.

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Tracked sources are checked weekly for the full archive, including PoCs published after the original disclosure. A later release appears after a tracked source lists it and a refresh succeeds.

Data snapshot: 2026-10-26T04:59:11.116Z

Affected

Vendors Gitlab

Products Gitlab

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-213: : Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References and research data (JSON)

Known Affected Software Configurations

Vendor	Product	Version range
Gitlab	Gitlab	≥ 17.0.0 and < 18.0.5
Gitlab	Gitlab	≥ 18.1.0 and < 18.1.3
Gitlab	Gitlab	18.2

All CVSS metrics

MEDIUM 4.3 v3.1 · CNA Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
MEDIUM 4.3 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
MEDIUM 5.3 v3.1 · NVD Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

Exploit-tagged references (not proof of a PoC)

https://hackerone.com/reports/3149956 technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-requiredPermissions RequiredCVE record · GitLab · Updated 2025-07-24T06:05:37.730Z
NVD · CVE-2025-4976 · Updated 2026-06-17T09:34:25.403

Advisories

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-22481 ADVISORYEUVD · EUVD-2025-22481

Technical & other

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/543905 issue-trackingpermissions-requiredBroken LinkCVE record · GitLab · Updated 2025-07-24T06:05:37.730Z
NVD · CVE-2025-4976 · Updated 2026-06-17T09:34:25.403

Sources: NVD · CVE.org · All sources and attribution · EPSS