CVE-2025-2938

LOW 3.1

Business Logic Errors in GitLab

CVSS Score

3.1

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.3 before 17.11.5, 18.0 before 18.0.3, and 18.1 before 18.1.1 that could have allowed authenticated users to gain elevated project privileges by requesting access to projects where role modifications during the approval process resulted in unintended permission grants.

CWE	CWE-840
Vendor	gitlab
Product	gitlab
Ecosystems	DevTools
Industries	Technology
Published	Jun 26, 2025
Last Updated	Feb 26, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Affected Versions

GitLab / GitLab

17.3 < 17.11.5 18.0 < 18.0.3 18.1 < 18.1.1

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

gitlab.com: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/529006 hackerone.com: https://hackerone.com/reports/3063091

Credits

Thanks [mateuszek](https://hackerone.com/mateuszek) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program