CVE-2025-7691 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-7691: Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions in GitLab

Vendor Gitlab
Product GitLab
Weakness CWE-267
Published September 26, 2025
Last update February 26, 2026

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 26, 2025 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated