High severity · published Jun 26, 2025
CVE-2025-2938
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.3 before 17.11.5, 18.0 before 18.0.3, and 18.1 before 18.1.1 that could have allowed authenticated…
8.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.3 before 17.11.5, 18.0 before 18.0.3, and 18.1 before 18.1.1 that could have allowed authenticated users to gain elevated project privileges by requesting access to projects where role modifications during the approval process resulted in unintended permission grants.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 24% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
17.3.0 before 17.11.5; 17.3.0 before 17.11.5; 18.0.0 before 18.0.3; 18.0.0 before 18.0.3; 18.1.0; 18.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2938
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2938
Broken Link
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/529006
Permissions Required
https://hackerone.com/reports/3063091
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