CVE-2025-11865 (GCVE-0-2025-11865)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-15 08:03 – Updated: 2025-11-17 20:12
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.1 before 18.3.6, 18.4 before 18.4.4, and 18.5 before 18.5.2 that, under certain circumstances, could have allowed an attacker to remove Duo flows of another user.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-11-17 20:12 UTC
CWE
- CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/11/12/patc… | |
| https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/561399 | issue-trackingpermissions-required |
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