Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions in GitLab_CVE-2025-7691

6.5 / 10

MEDIUM

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

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-7691

Source GitLab

Published Sep 26, 2025 at 09:05

Affected Product

Vendor GitLab

Product GitLab

Version 16.6

Affected Versions GitLab GitLab 16.6
GitLab GitLab 18.3
GitLab GitLab 18.4

CWE Classification

CWE-267

References

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