Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

published 2025-07-10 16 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also BIT-gitlab-2025-6168 , EUVD-2025-20988

cvss: 2.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 29%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.0 before 18.0.4 and 18.1 before 18.1.2 that could have allowed authenticated maintainers to bypass group-level user invitation restrictions by sending crafted API requests.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

GitLab GitLab 18.0.4, 18.1.2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 15 mo ago (2025-07-10)

Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/3196745 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	2.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
OSV	3.1	2.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
bitnami	gitlab	>=18.0.0	no fix listed

Affected products

GitLab GitLab

Classification

Weakness

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

Technology feeds

GitLab rss critical rss

References

hackerone.com /reports/3196745
technical-description, exploit, permissions-required, web
gitlab.com /gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/549725
issue-tracking, permissions-required, broken-link, web
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6168
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