CVE-2025-5121 — Missing Authorization in Gitlab

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization7 documents7 sources
Severity
9.9CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 71.88%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
GitlabDebian GitlabGitlab CE
Timeline
PublishedJun 20

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.11 before 17.11.4 and 18.0 before 18.0.2. A missing authorization check may have allowed compliance frameworks to be applied to projects outside the compliance framework's group.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.1 | Impact: 6.0

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5gitlab/gitlab17.11 — 17.11.4+1
▶NVDgitlab/gitlab17.11.0 — 17.11.4+1
▶debiandebian/gitlab
▶gitlabgitlab/gitlab

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-pmjq-38q6-fxx9: An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17↗2025-06-20
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OSV
CVE-2025-5121: An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17↗2025-06-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

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GitLab
CVE-2025-5121: An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.11 before 17.11.4 and 18.0 before 18.0.2. A missing authorization check ma↗2025-06-20
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Debian
CVE-2025-5121: gitlab - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.11 b...↗2025
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Citrix
Citrix Security Bulletin CTX117751↗
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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Bleepingcomputer
GitLab patches high severity account takeover, missing auth issues↗2025-06-12
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