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CVE-2025-2242· NVD / CVE Program· CNA GitLab

Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 35/100)

  • 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: 0.41% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: GitLab GitLab 17.10.1, 17.8.6, 17.9.3.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to GitLab GitLab 17.10.1, 17.8.6, 17.9.3 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 improper access control vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.4 prior to 17.8.6, 17.9 prior to 17.9.3, and 17.10 prior to 17.10.1 allows a user who was an instance admin before but has since been downgraded to a regular user to continue to maintain elevated privileges to groups and projects.

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Mar 27, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 34th percentile

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Action score

35

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
8.8
CNA · GitLab
7.5
1.3 point gap

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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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 gitlab17.4.0 and later · before 17.8.6
  • gitlab gitlab17.9.0 and later · before 17.9.3
  • gitlab gitlab17.10.0

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

    • 17.4 and later · before 17.8.6affected · semver
    • 17.9 and later · before 17.9.3affected · semver
    • 17.10 and later · before 17.10.1affected · 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
    98Now
  • CVE-2023-7028Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in GitLabKEV
    97Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-9773Mar 27, 2025 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') in GitLab
    32Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-0811Mar 27, 2025 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab
    21Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-2255Mar 27, 2025 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab
    21Monitor

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 GitLab17.10.1Vendor (CNA)
GitLab GitLab17.8.6Vendor (CNA)
GitLab GitLab17.9.3Vendor (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.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

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

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Variant candidates

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

  • CVE-2024-2743196 days apartIncorrect Authorization in GitLab
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2024-9693133 days apartIncorrect Authorization in GitLab
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2024-8970167 days apartIncorrect Authorization in GitLab
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2023-5356440 days apartIncorrect Authorization in GitLab
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-15423503 days apartIncorrect Authorization in GitLab
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2026-79708538 days apartIncorrect Authorization in GitLab
    34Monitor

Chain candidates

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

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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.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

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

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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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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