Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.6 before 18.3.6, 18.4 before 18.4.4, and 18.5 before 18.5.2, that, under specific conditions, could have allowed unauthorized users to view confidential branch names by accessing project issues with related merge requests.
Problem types
CWE-201: Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data
Product status
17.6 (semver) before 18.3.6
18.4 (semver) before 18.4.4
18.5 (semver) before 18.5.2
Credits
Thanks [weasterhacker](https://hackerone.com/weasterhacker) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
References
about.gitlab.com/...12/patch-release-gitlab-18-5-2-released/
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/553129 (GitLab Issue #553129)
hackerone.com/reports/3214025 (HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3214025)