CVE-2025-13928

HIGH

Gitlab < 18.6.4 - Incorrect Authorization

Title source: rule

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.7 before 18.6.4, 18.7 before 18.7.2, and 18.8 before 18.8.2 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause a denial of service condition by exploiting incorrect authorization validation in API endpoints.

References (3)

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/01/21/patch-release-gitlab-18-8-2-released/

[Broken Link] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/582736

[Permissions Required] https://hackerone.com/reports/3439441

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 1.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-863

Status published

Affected Products (2)

gitlab/gitlab < 18.6.4

gitlab/gitlab < 18.6.4

Timeline

Published Jan 22, 2026

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026