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.
Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to version 18.2.7, 18.3.3 or 18.4.1


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Fri, 26 Sep 2025 09:15:00 +0000

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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
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-267
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-26T13:13:39.076Z

Reserved: 2025-07-15T19:30:32.045Z

Link: CVE-2025-7691

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-26T09:15:48.810

Modified: 2025-09-26T14:32:19.853

Link: CVE-2025-7691

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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