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CVE-2025-2938

Business Logic Errors in GitLab

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 26, 2025 at 05:31 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:07 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGitLab

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

GitLab· GitLabmaven
95%
17.3 ≤ v < 17.11.517.3.0 ≤ v < 17.11.518.0 ≤ v < 18.0.318.0.0 ≤ v < 18.0.318.1 ≤ v < 18.1.117.318.018.118.1.0
Affected range stops below 17.11.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 18.0.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 18.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/529006
Technical DescriptionExploitPermissions Required
Source: [email protected]
https://hackerone.com/reports/3063091

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-840NVD-CWE-noinfo

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