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CVE-2025-5121: Missing Authorization in GitLab
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.9 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 12.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-06-20 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-862
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.11 before 17.11.4 and 18.0 before 18.0.2. A missing authorization check may have allowed compliance frameworks to be applied to projects outside the compliance framework's group.
Affected products
- GitLab: from 17.11.0 before 17.11.4; from 18.0.0 before 18.0.2 — fixed in 17.11.4, 18.0.2
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 17.11.4, 18.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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