Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.3 to 18.3.4, 18.4 to 18.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed authenticated users with read-only API tokens to perform unauthorized write operations on vulnerability records by exploiting incorrectly scoped GraphQL mutations.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/10/08/patch-release-gitlab-18-4-2-released/
Broken Link issue-tracking
permissions-required
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/567847
Scores
CVSS v3
7.7
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
2.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-863
Status
published
Products (1)
gitlab/gitlab
18.3.0 - 18.3.4 (2 CPE variants)
Published
Oct 09, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026