CVE-2025-10871
LOWGitLab EE 16.6-18.2.6, 18.3-18.3.2, 18.4 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Custom Role Assignment
Title source: llmDescription
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.6 before 18.2.7, 18.3 before 18.3.3, and 18.4 before 18.4.1. Project Maintainers can exploit a vulnerability where they can assign custom roles to users with permissions exceeding their own, effectively granting themselves elevated privileges.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Broken Link issue-tracking
permissions-required
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/569482
Scores
CVSS v3
3.8
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
5.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-862
Status
published
Products (2)
gitlab/gitlab
18.4.0 (2 CPE variants)
gitlab/gitlab
16.6.0 - 18.2.7 (2 CPE variants)
Published
Sep 26, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026