CVE-2025-1540

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE for Self-Managed and Dedicated instances affecting all versions from 17.5 prior to 17.6.5, 17.7 prior to 17.7.4, and 17.8 prior to 17.8.2. It was possible for a user added as an External to read and clone internal projects under certain circumstances."

CVSS v3 3.1 LOW

3.1^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/02/12/patch-release-gitlab-17-8-2-released/#saml-authentication-misconfigures-external-user-attribute	Release Notes
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/512765	Exploit Issue Tracking

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-03-06 09:15

Updated : 2025-08-06 18:33

NVD link : CVE-2025-1540

Mitre link : CVE-2025-1540

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-1540

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

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