CVE-2025-2938 (GCVE-0-2025-2938)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-06-26 05:31
Modified
2025-06-27 03:55
Severity ?
3.1 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
Summary
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.
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GitLab GitLab Version: 17.3   ≤
Version: 18.0   ≤
Version: 18.1   ≤
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