CVE-2025-13772: Missing Authorization in GitLab

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 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: 2026-01-09 · updated 2026-07-15
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.4 before 18.5.5, 18.6 before 18.6.3, and 18.7 before 18.7.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to access and utilize AI model settings from unauthorized namespaces by manipulating namespace identifiers in API requests.

Affected products

GitLab: from 18.4.0 before 18.5.5; from 18.6.0 before 18.6.3; 18.7.0 — fixed in 18.5.5, 18.6.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 18.5.5, 18.6.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/01/07/patch-release-gitlab-18-7-1-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/581268
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-13772
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2428224
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-13772.json

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