CVE-2025-13978 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2025-13978

Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information in GitLab

Vulnerability Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.5 before 18.4.6, 18.5 before 18.5.4, and 18.6 before 18.6.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user to discover the names of private projects they do not have access through API requests.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • This vulnerability has been discovered internally by GitLab team member Rohit Shambhuni

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

GitLab
Vulnerable Versions:
17.5, 18.5, 18.6

Timeline

Official Publish: December 11th, 2025
Last Modified: December 11th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-209

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1592 Gather Victim Host Information
Reconnaissance
T1083 File and Directory Discovery
Discovery
T1552 Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access
T1212 Exploitation for Defense Evasion
Defense Evasion
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection