Missing Authorization in GitLab

published 2025-06-26 16 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also BIT-gitlab-2025-5846 , EUVD-2025-19172

cvss: 2.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.10 before 17.11.5, 18.0 before 18.0.3, and 18.1 before 18.1.1 that could have allowed authenticated users to assign unrelated compliance frameworks to projects by sending crafted GraphQL mutations that bypassed framework-specific permission checks.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

bitnami gitlab 18.0.1
GitLab GitLab 17.11.5, 18.0.3, 18.1.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 16 mo ago (2025-06-26)

Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	2.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
OSV	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
bitnami	gitlab	>=16.10.0, <18.0.1 >=18.1.0	18.0.1

Affected products

GitLab GitLab

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Technology feeds

GitLab rss critical rss

References

gitlab.com /gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/546435
issue-tracking, permissions-required, broken-link, web
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5846
web

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary