CVE-2025-6168

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.0 before 18.0.4 and 18.1 before 18.1.2 that could have allowed authenticated maintainers to bypass group-level user invitation restrictions by sending crafted API requests.

CVSS v3 2.7 LOW

2.7^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/549725	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/3196745	Permissions Required

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-07-10 09:15

Updated : 2025-07-25 16:41

NVD link : CVE-2025-6168

Mitre link : CVE-2025-6168

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-6168

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

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