CVE-2025-12697Network attack vector

Maintainer-level API credential disclosure

Published Mar 11, 2026 · Updated Mar 11, 2026

Improper output escaping in GitLab's Datadog integration allows remote authenticated users to reveal Datadog API credentials. GitLab has not published the output locus, the untrusted value that is escaped incorrectly, or how the resulting output exposes the credential. The vendor identifies maintainer-role permissions and unspecified additional conditions as the gate; only Datadog API credential disclosure is reported.

CVSS severity2.2
Low
EPSS probability0.29%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Improper output escaping in GitLab's Datadog integration allows remote authenticated users to reveal Datadog API credentials. GitLab has not published the output locus, the untrusted value that is escaped incorrectly, or how the resulting output exposes the credential. The vendor identifies maintainer-role permissions and unspecified additional conditions as the gate; only Datadog API credential disclosure is reported.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-12697
Published
Mar 11, 2026
Updated
Mar 11, 2026
Vendor
GitLab
Product
GitLab
Classifications
CWE-116
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 11, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=15.5 <18.7.6
  2. Affected versionversion=18.8 <18.8.6
  3. Affected versionversion=18.9 <18.9.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

GitLab · GitLabversion=15.5 <18.7.6; version=18.8 <18.8.6; version=18.9 <18.9.2

Published CVSS scores

2.2GitLab Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.4NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-116Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

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