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GHSA-P7GW-XWGF-7W7C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-09 12:32 – Updated: 2026-01-09 12:32

Details

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.5 before 18.5.5, 18.6 before 18.6.3, and 18.7 before 18.7.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to modify instance-wide AI feature provider settings by exploiting missing authorization checks in GraphQL mutations.

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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  "id": "GHSA-p7gw-xwgf-7w7c",
  "modified": "2026-01-09T12:32:24Z",
  "published": "2026-01-09T12:32:24Z",
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      "url": "https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/01/07/patch-release-gitlab-18-7-1-released"
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CVE-2025-13781 (GCVE-0-2025-13781)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-09 10:03 – Updated: 2026-01-09 19:14

Title

Missing Authorization in GitLab

Summary

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

GitLab

References

URL

Tags

	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/578756	issue-trackingpermissions-required
	https://hackerone.com/reports/3400940	technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
	https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/01/07/patc…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	GitLab	GitLab	Affected: 18.5 , < 18.5.5 (semver) Affected: 18.6 , < 18.6.3 (semver) Affected: 18.7 , < 18.7.1 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::

Credits

Thanks [pwnie](https://hackerone.com/pwnie) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

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                "timestamp": "2026-01-09T19:12:40.834326Z",
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          "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
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        "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
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Author	Source	Type	Date

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-P7GW-XWGF-7W7C

CVE-2025-13781 (GCVE-0-2025-13781)

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