CVE-2025-5846

Missing Authorization in GitLab

Severity Score

2.7

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.10 before 17.11.5, 18.0 before 18.0.3, and 18.1 before 18.1.1 that could have allowed authenticated users to assign unrelated compliance frameworks to projects by sending crafted GraphQL mutations that bypassed framework-specific permission checks.

*Credits: This vulnerability was reported internally by a GitLab team member, [Joern Schneeweisz](https://gitlab.com/joernchen).

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2025-06-07 CVE Reserved
2025-06-26 CVE Published
2025-06-26 CVE Updated
2025-08-13 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

CAPEC

References (0)

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
GitLab Search vendor "GitLab"		GitLab Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab"				>= 16.10.0 < 17.11.5 Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 16.10.0 < 17.11.5"		en		Affected
GitLab Search vendor "GitLab"		GitLab Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab"				>= 18.0.0 < 18.0.3 Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 18.0.0 < 18.0.3"		en		Affected
GitLab Search vendor "GitLab"		GitLab Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab"				>= 18.1.0 < 18.1.1 Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 18.1.0 < 18.1.1"		en		Affected