Authentication Bypass Affecting gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.3 package, versions <18.3.6-r2
Threat Intelligence
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- published28 Jan 2026
- disclosed11 Dec 2025
Introduced: 11 Dec 2025
CVE-2025-11984 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Chainguard gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.3 to version 18.3.6-r2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.3 package and not the gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.3 package as distributed by Chainguard.
See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 13.1 before 18.4.6, 18.5 before 18.5.4, and 18.6 before 18.6.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user to bypass WebAuthn two-factor authentication by manipulating the session state under certain conditions.