CVE-2025-4976
Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies in GitLab
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.0 before 18.0.5, 18.1 before 18.1.3, and 18.2 before 18.2.1 that, under certain circumstances, could have allowed an attacker to access internal notes in GitLab Duo responses.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies in GitLab
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.0 before 18.0.5, 18.1 before 18.1.3, and 18.2 before 18.2.1 that, under certain circumstances, could have allowed an attacker to access internal notes in GitLab Duo responses.
- Record
CVE-2025-4976- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-213
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-22481
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.0 before 18.0.5, 18.1 before 18.1.3, and 18.2 before 18.2.1 that, under certain circumstances, could have allowed an attacker to access internal notes in GitLab Duo responses.
- Record
EUVD-2025-22481- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w962-8hwv-w52p
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.0 before 18.0.5, 18.1...
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.0 before 18.0.5, 18.1 before 18.1.3, and 18.2 before 18.2.1 that, under certain circumstances, could have allowed an attacker to access internal notes in GitLab Duo responses.
- Record
GHSA-w962-8hwv-w52p- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-213
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.0 before 18.0.5, 18.1 before 18.1.3, and 18.2 before 18.2.1 that, under certain circumstances, could have allowed an attacker to access internal notes in GitLab Duo responses.
- Record
CVE-2025-4976- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-213
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies in GitLab
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.0 before 18.0.5, 18.1 before 18.1.3, and 18.2 before 18.2.1 that, under certain circumstances, could have allowed an attacker to access internal notes in GitLab Duo responses.
- Record
CVE-2025-4976- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-213
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2025-4976
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.0 before 18.0.5, 18.1 before 18.1.3, and 18.2 before 18.2.1 that, under certain circumstances, could have allowed an attacker to access internal notes in GitLab Duo responses.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-4976- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-gitlab-2025-4976 No score
Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies in GitLab
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.0 before 18.0.5, 18.1 before 18.1.3, and 18.2 before 18.2.1 that, under certain circumstances, could have allowed an attacker to access internal notes in GitLab Duo responses.
- Record
BIT-gitlab-2025-4976- 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-2025-4976 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Gitlab, published July 24, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 43rd percentile. Fixed in gitlab 18.0.5.