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CVE-2025-5315: Missing Authorization in GitLab
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-06-26 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-862
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.2 before 17.11.5, 18.0 before 18.0.3, and 18.1 before 18.1.1 that could have allowed authenticated users with Guest role permissions to add child items to incident work items by sending crafted API requests that bypassed UI-enforced role restrictions.
Affected products
- GitLab: from 17.2.0 before 17.11.5; from 18.0.0 before 18.0.3; 18.1.0 — fixed in 17.11.5, 18.0.3
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 17.11.5, 18.0.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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