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CVE-2025-11989

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Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.6.0 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 execute unauthorized quick actions by including malicious commands in specific descriptions.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.1 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2025-10-27 00:15:40.927000
Last modified
2026-10-19 16:10:00.260000
View original CVE JSON
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  "id": "CVE-2025-11989",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2025-10-27T00:15:40.927",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T16:10:00.260",
  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
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      "value": "GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.6.0 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 execute unauthorized quick actions by including malicious commands in specific descriptions."
    },
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    }
  ],
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          "repo": "git://[email protected]:gitlab-org/gitlab.git",
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