High severity · published Oct 26, 2025
CVE-2025-11989
Missing Authorization in GitLab
8.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.6.0 before 18.3.5, 18.4 before 18.4.3, and 18.5 before 18.5.1 that could have allowed an authenticated attacker to execute unauthorized quick actions by including malicious commands in specific descriptions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 7% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
17.6.0 before 18.3.5; 18.4 before 18.4.3; 18.5 before 18.5.1 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11989
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11989
Release Notes
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/10/22/patch-release-gitlab-18-5-1-released/
Permissions Required
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security/gitlab/-/issues/1426
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