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.
Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to versions 17.8.6, 17.9.3, 17.10.1 or above.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 01:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:17.10.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:17.10.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 27 Mar 2025 12:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-863
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-27T13:11:00.331Z

Reserved: 2025-03-12T08:02:47.810Z

Link: CVE-2025-2242

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-27T13:10:56.407Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-03-27T13:15:36.387

Modified: 2025-08-13T01:13:26.560

Link: CVE-2025-2242

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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