CVE-2025-11865VulnerabilityPublished 15 Nov 2025Updated 24 Nov 2025

GitLab EE affecting all

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Authoritative record:CVE-2025-11865· Medium 4.3

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.3 Medium · fixed in 18.3.6 : update gitlab when convenient.

Data as of 15 Nov 2026, 01:59 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

4.3Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

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CVSS scores by source
CNA (GitLab)	CVSS 3.1	4.3

Patch: Available – fixed in 18.3.6

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

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide basic user capabilities that could normally affect only settings and files owned by a user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges may have the ability to cause an impact only to non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: Low: Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification, or the amount of modification is limited. The data modification does not have a direct, serious impact on the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 15 Nov 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 14 Nov 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTSgitlab`pkg:deb/ubuntu/gitlab?arch=source&distro=xenial`Other threats	Affected =8.4.3+dfsg-9 =8.4.3+dfsg-12 =8.5.8+dfsg-5	Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

A fix is available in GitLab EE versions 18.3.6, 18.4.4, and 18.5.2 and later. Users should upgrade to these or later versions to remediate the vulnerability. No other mitigation or temporary workaround is indicated.

Description

A vulnerability in GitLab EE versions from 18.1 before 18.3.6, 18.4 before 18.4.4, and 18.5 before 18.5.2 could allow an attacker to remove Duo authentication flows of another user under certain conditions. This issue affects specific GitLab EE releases and has a medium severity rating with a CVSS score of 5.3.

Impact

The vulnerability allows an attacker to remove Duo two-factor authentication flows of other users, potentially weakening the multi-factor authentication protections and increasing the risk of unauthorized access. There is no impact on confidentiality or availability reported.

Summary

CVE-2025-11865 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab EE that affects all versions from 18.1 prior to 18.3.6, 18.4 prior to 18.4.4, and 18.5 prior to 18.5.2. The flaw allows an attacker, under specific circumstances, to remove Duo two-factor authentication flows configured for other users. The vulnerability impacts the integrity of authentication mechanisms but does not disclose sensitive information or cause denial of service. There are no known exploits in the wild. The affected versions listed in the input metadata (Debian/Ubuntu package versions) appear unrelated to the GitLab EE versions described in the vulnerability text and thus are not considered affected here.

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