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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-09 10:03 – Updated: 2026-01-09 19:14
VLAI
Title
Missing Authorization in GitLab
Summary
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
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Thanks [pwnie](https://hackerone.com/pwnie) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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