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CVE-2025-10871: Missing Authorization in GitLab
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-09-26 · updated 2026-10-19
- Weakness: CWE-862
Description
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.
Affected products
- GitLab: from 16.6.0 before 18.2.7; from 18.3.0 before 18.3.3; 18.4.0 — fixed in 18.2.7, 18.3.3
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 18.2.7, 18.3.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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