High severity · published Sep 26, 2025
CVE-2025-7691
Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions in GitLab
8.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A privilege escalation issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.6 prior to 18.2.7, 18.3 prior to 18.3.3, and 18.4 prior to 18.4.1 that could have allowed a developer with specific group management permissions to escalate their privileges and obtain unauthorized access to additional system capabilities.
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)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
16.6 before 18.2.7; 18.3 before 18.3.3; 18.4 before 18.4.1 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7691
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-7691
Broken Link
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/555786
Permissions Required
https://hackerone.com/reports/3200469
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