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CVE-2025-0549: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in GitLab

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 27/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.45% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • Fixed version: GitLab GitLab 17.10.6, 17.11.2, 17.9.8.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to GitLab GitLab 17.10.6, 17.11.2, 17.9.8 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 17.3 prior to 17.9.8, from 17.10 prior to 17.10.6, and from 17.11 prior to 17.11.2. A security vulnerability allows attackers to bypass Device OAuth flow protections, enabling authorization form submission through minimal user interaction.

MediumCVSS 6.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 9, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 39th percentile

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Action score

27

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
27 / 40 · 6.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · GitLab
6.8
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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
gitlabgitlab

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • gitlab gitlab17.3.0 and later · before 17.9.8
  • gitlab gitlab17.10.0 and later · before 17.10.6
  • gitlab gitlab17.11.0 and later · before 17.11.2

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitLab). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • GitLab GitLab

    • 17.3 and later · before 17.9.8affected · semver
    • 17.10 and later · before 17.10.6affected · semver
    • 17.11 and later · before 17.11.2affected · semver

Same product

gitlab: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2021-22205An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 11.9.KEV
    100Now
  • CVE-2026-85706Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLabKEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2023-7028Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in GitLabKEV
    97Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-1908Apr 24, 2025 · Business Logic Errors in GitLab
    30Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-8973May 9, 2025 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
    30Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-1278May 9, 2025 · Insufficient Granularity of Access Control in GitLab
    30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
GitLab GitLab17.10.6Vendor (CNA)
GitLab GitLab17.11.2Vendor (CNA)
GitLab GitLab17.9.8Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-2745320 days apartAuthentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in GitLab
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2025-11984216 days apartAuthentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in GitLab
    27Monitor
  • CVE-2026-4524370 days apartAuthentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in GitLab
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2026-3035474 days apartAuthentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in GitLab
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2024-1525443 days apartAuthentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in GitLab
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2026-1747292 days apartAuthentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in GitLab
    17Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

  • CVE-2024-977343 days apartImproper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') in GitLab
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2024-840257 days apartImproper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') in GitLab
    29Monitor
  • CVE-2025-286743 days apartImproper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in GitLab
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2025-5101110 days apartImproper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in GitLab
    20Monitor

Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-288 · Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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