Critical severity · published Jun 20, 2025
CVE-2025-5121
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.11 before 17.11.4 and 18.0 before 18.0.2
9.9
CVSS
12.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.11 before 17.11.4 and 18.0 before 18.0.2. A missing authorization check may have allowed compliance frameworks to be applied to projects outside the compliance framework's group.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)12.4% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
17.11.0 before 17.11.4; 17.11.0 before 17.11.4; 18.0.0 before 18.0.2; 18.0.0 before 18.0.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5121
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5121
Broken Link
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/545429
Permissions Required
https://hackerone.com/reports/3153908
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