CVE-2025-4979 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting GitLab CE/EE versions prior to 17.10.7, 17.11.3, and 18.0.1. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw to reveal masked or hidden CI variables in the WebUI by creating a new variable and observing the HTTP response. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and high confidentiality impact, allowing unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information. While no active exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates are publicly available, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 17.10.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
< 17.10.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.11.0, < 17.11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.11.0, < 17.11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
18.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.0.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.