CVE-2025-2938

LOW

GitLab CE/EE <17.11.5, <18.0.3, <18.1.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.3 before 17.11.5, 18.0 before 18.0.3, and 18.1 before 18.1.1 that could have allowed authenticated users to gain elevated project privileges by requesting access to projects where role modifications during the approval process resulted in unintended permission grants.

References (2)

[Broken Link] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/529006

[Permissions Required] https://hackerone.com/reports/3063091

Scores

CVSS v3 3.1

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 1.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-840

Status published

Affected Products (4)

gitlab/gitlab < 17.11.5

gitlab/gitlab

Timeline

Published Jun 26, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026