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CVE-2025-0516 (GCVE-0-2025-0516)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-12 15:30 – Updated: 2025-02-12 16:00
VLAI
Title
Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
Summary
Improper Authorization in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.7 prior to 17.7.4, 17.8 prior to 17.8.2 allow users with limited permissions to perform unauthorized actions on critical project data.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-12 16:00 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/513540 issue-trackingpermissions-required
https://hackerone.com/reports/2914644 technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GitLab GitLab Affected: 17.7 , < 17.7.4 (semver)
Affected: 17.8 , < 17.8.2 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Thanks [sp4rrow](https://hackerone.com/sp4rrow) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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