CVE-2025-7691Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions in Gitlab

Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 26

Description

A privilege escalation issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.6 prior to 18.2.7, 18.3 prior to 18.3.3, and 18.4 prior to 18.4.1 that could have allowed a developer with specific group management permissions to escalate their privileges and obtain unauthorized access to additional system capabilities.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

CVEListV5gitlab/gitlab16.618.2.7+2
NVDgitlab/gitlab16.6.018.2.7+2
debiandebian/gitlab
gitlabgitlab/gitlab

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-38q5-vqf6-27rf: A privilege escalation issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 162025-09-26

📋Vendor Advisories

2
GitLab
CVE-2025-7691: A privilege escalation issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.6 prior to 18.2.7, 18.3 prior to 18.3.3, and 18.4 prior t2025-09-26
Debian
CVE-2025-7691: gitlab - A privilege escalation issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all vers...2025