CVE-2025-12697
Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output in GitLab
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.5 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user with maintainer-role permissions to reveal Datadog API credentials under certain conditions.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output in GitLab
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.5 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user with maintainer-role permissions to reveal Datadog API credentials under certain conditions.
- Record
CVE-2025-12697- CVSS 3.1
- 2.2 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-116
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-208571
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.5 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user with maintainer-role permissions to reveal Datadog API credentials under certain conditions.
- Record
EUVD-2025-208571- CVSS 3.1
- 2.2 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jqw6-r3pp-rfvr
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.5 before 18.7.6, 18...
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.5 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user with maintainer-role permissions to reveal Datadog API credentials under certain conditions.
- Record
GHSA-jqw6-r3pp-rfvr- CVSS 3.1
- 2.2 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-116
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.5 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user with maintainer-role permissions to reveal Datadog API credentials under certain conditions.
- Record
CVE-2025-12697- CVSS 3.1
- 2.2 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-116
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output in GitLab
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.5 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user with maintainer-role permissions to reveal Datadog API credentials under certain conditions.
- Record
CVE-2025-12697- CVSS 3.1
- 2.2 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-116
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2025-12697
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.5 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user with maintainer-role permissions to reveal Datadog API credentials under certain conditions.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-12697- CVSS 3.1
- 2.2 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-gitlab-2025-12697 No score
Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output in GitLab
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.5 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user with maintainer-role permissions to reveal Datadog API credentials under certain conditions.
- Record
BIT-gitlab-2025-12697- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-12697 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.2) in Gitlab, published March 11, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. Fixed in gitlab 18.7.6.
References
hackerone.com/reports/3341953
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/579504
about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/03/11/patch-release-gitlab-18-9-2-released
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12697
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jqw6-r3pp-rfvr
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-12697
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12697