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title: "CVE-2025-7659\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-7659?format=md
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# CVE-2025-7659

Publication date 11 February 2026

Last updated 6 April 2026

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Ubuntu priority

**High**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-7659?format=md#priority-reason )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**8.0 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-7659?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from
18.2 before 18.6.6, 18.7 before 18.7.4, and 18.8 before 18.8.4 that could
have allowed an unauthenticated user to steal tokens and access private
repositories by abusing incomplete validation in the Web IDE.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-7659?format=md#notes)

### Why is this CVE high priority?

Unauthenticated user can potentially access private repositories

[Learn more about Ubuntu priority](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| gitlab | 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored |
| gitlab-agent | 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

GitLab isn't maintainable as a distro package, and was removed
from Ubuntu because of this. We will not be fixing security
issues in the gitlab package in Xenial.

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### [john-breton](https://launchpad.net/~john-breton)

gitlab-agent does not rely on the WEB IDE functionality that
this vulnerability requires.

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

8.0 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | High |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Changed |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 8.0 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-7659)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7659)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2025-7659)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-7659)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-7659>
* <https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/02/10/patch-release-gitlab-18-8-4-released/>
* <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/555440>
* <https://hackerone.com/reports/3234976>