CVE-2025-11990

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 22.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

3.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-11-15 08:03Z9 MO AGO

Last updated

2025-11-17 20:11Z9 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-10-20

Assigning CNA

GitLab

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Low (CVSS 3.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-177Improper Handling of URL Encoding (Hex Encoding)Variant
• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

53f21d43603f64ddc202f6a3f1d928e1ac21d3fba3a8eb9fe331d02e92f86cb0

• about.gitlab.comhttps://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/11/12/patch-release-gitlab-18-5-2-released/
• gitlab.comGitLab Issue #577850https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/577850issue-trackingpermissions-required
• hackerone.comHackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3257843https://hackerone.com/reports/3257843technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required