CVE-2025-5121

critical

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.

References

https://hackerone.com/reports/3153908

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/gitlab-patches-high-severity-account-takeover-missing-auth-issues/

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/545429

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/06/11/patch-release-gitlab-18-0-2-released/#cve-2025-5121---missing-authorization-issue-impacts-gitlab-ultimate-ee

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-06-20

Updated: 2025-08-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.9

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00019