CVE-2025-2242 (GCVE-0-2025-2242)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-27 12:30 – Updated: 2025-03-27 13:11
VLAI?
Title
Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/516271 issue-trackingpermissions-required
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: 17.4 , < 17.8.6 (semver)
Affected: 17.9 , < 17.9.3 (semver)
Affected: 17.10 , < 17.10.1 (semver)
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Credits
This vulnerability was reported by a GitLab customer
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