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CVE-2025-11971

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Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 10.6 before 18.3.5, 18.4 before 18.4.3, and 18.5 before 18.5.1 that could have allowed an authenticated attacker to trigger unauthorized pipeline executions by manipulating commits.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.5 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2025-10-27 00:15:40.617000
Last modified
2026-10-19 16:10:00.260000
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  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2025-10-27T00:15:40.617",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T16:10:00.260",
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    },
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