CVE-2025-2242HIGH 8.8EPSS p25.5%

CVE-2025-2242CVE-2025-2242

Description

An improper access control vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.4 prior to 17.8.6, 17.9 prior to 17.9.3, and 17.10 prior to 17.10.1 allows a user who was an instance admin before but has since been downgraded to a regular user to continue to maintain elevated privileges to groups and projects.

Scoring

CVSS 3.18.8 (HIGH)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.34% probability of exploitation · percentile 25.5% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2025-03-27
Last modified2025-08-13

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-863

References

  1. https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/516271

1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessIncorrect Authorizationcwe-8630%live

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