CVE-2025-2938: Business Logic Errors in GitLab
This GitLab advisory covers CVE-2025-2938 in GitLab.
- CVE-2025-2938
Key facts
- Vendor rating
- Low, CVSS 3.1
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N· base score 3.1, scored by GitLabAttack vector: network. Attack complexity: high. Privileges required: low. User interaction: none. Scope: unchanged. Confidentiality impact: none. Integrity impact: low. Availability impact: none.- Weakness
- CWE-840: Business Logic Errors
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none observed. Automatable: no. Technical impact: total. CISA, .
- CISA KEV
- Not listed (catalogue checked )
- Affected
- GitLab 17.3 before 17.11.5; GitLab 18.0 before 18.0.3; GitLab 18.1 before 18.1.1
- Fixed in
- 17.11.5, 18.0.3, 18.1.1
- Source published
- Source revised
- Listed by VulniPulse
Compiled by VulniPulse from the linked sources. How records are collected and checked.
Affected products & platforms
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.3 before 17.11.5, 18.0 before 18.0.3, and 18.1 before 18.1.1 that could have allowed authenticated users to gain elevated project privileges by requesting access to projects where role modifications during the approval process resulted in unintended permission grants.
Text from the source record.
- GitLab 17.3 before 17.11.5
- GitLab 18.0 before 18.0.3
- GitLab 18.1 before 18.1.1
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How to fix CVE-2025-2938
Upgrade to a fixed release named by GitLab:
- 17.11.5
- 18.0.3
- 18.1.1
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