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.
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| https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/569482 |
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History
Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:15:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.4.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.4.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
Fri, 26 Sep 2025 16:15:00 +0000
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Fri, 26 Sep 2025 09:15:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | Missing Authorization in GitLab | |
| First Time appeared |
Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitLab
Published: 2025-09-26T09:04:21.687Z
Updated: 2025-09-27T03:55:26.125Z
Reserved: 2025-09-23T10:33:23.021Z
Link: CVE-2025-10871
Updated: 2025-09-26T15:34:01.023Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-09-26T09:15:31.193
Modified: 2025-09-29T13:09:51.657
Link: CVE-2025-10871
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