CVE-2025-10871

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.

CVSS v3 3.8 LOW

3.8^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/569482	Broken Link

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-09-26 09:15

Updated : 2025-09-29 13:09

NVD link : CVE-2025-10871

Mitre link : CVE-2025-10871

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-10871

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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