Incorrect Authorization in GitLab_CVE-2025-9957

2.7 / 10

LOW

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

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.2 before 18.9.6, 18.10 before 18.10.4, and 18.11 before 18.11.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with project owner permissions to bypass group fork prevention settings due to improper authorization checks.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-9957

Source GitLab

Published Apr 22, 2026 at 16:05

Affected Product

Vendor GitLab

Product GitLab

Version 11.2

Affected Versions GitLab GitLab 11.2
GitLab GitLab 18.10
GitLab GitLab 18.11

CWE Classification

CWE-863

References

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