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.
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Solution
Upgrade to version 18.2.7, 18.3.3 or 18.4.1
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No workaround given by the vendor.
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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. | |
Title | Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions in GitLab | |
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Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab |
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Weaknesses | CWE-267 | |
CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitLab
Published:
Updated: 2025-09-26T13:13:39.076Z
Reserved: 2025-07-15T19:30:32.045Z
Link: CVE-2025-7691

Updated: 2025-09-26T13:13:34.260Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-09-26T09:15:48.810
Modified: 2025-09-26T14:32:19.853
Link: CVE-2025-7691

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