CVE-2025-2242

An improper access control vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.4 prior to 17.8.6, 17.9 prior to 17.9.3, and 17.10 prior to 17.10.1 allows a user who was an instance admin before but has since been downgraded to a regular user to continue to maintain elevated privileges to groups and projects.

CVSS v3.0 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/516271	Broken Link

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:17.10.0::::enterprise:::
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:17.10.0::::community:::
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

History

13 Aug 2025, 01:13

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Gitlab gitlab Gitlab
References	~~() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/516271 -~~	() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/516271 - Broken Link
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 8.8
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:17.10.0::::community::: cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:17.10.0::::enterprise::: cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::* cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

27 Mar 2025, 13:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-03-27 13:15

Updated : 2025-08-13 01:13

NVD link : CVE-2025-2242

Mitre link : CVE-2025-2242

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

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