CVE-2025-7691

highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.004 · 32 %ileDEEUNLRUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.38% (32nd) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

21 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

7 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · cve@gitlab.comexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · NCSC-NL NL

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-267USCWE-267USCWE-267US

affected products (21)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

IBM QRadar SIEMall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:qradar_siem:-
Open Source GitLab <18.2.7all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source GitLab <18.3.3all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source GitLab <18.4.1all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source GitLab< 18.2.7cert_bundDE
Open Source GitLab< 18.3.3cert_bundDE
Open Source GitLab< 18.4.1cert_bundDE
GitLab GitLab16.6 → 18.2.7enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab18.3 → 18.3.3enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab18.4 → 18.4.1enisa_euvdEU
GitLab Inc. Gitlab17.4 → 18.2.7fstec_bduRU
GitLab Inc. Gitlab18.3 → 18.3.3fstec_bduRU
GitLab Inc. Gitlab18.4 → 18.4.1fstec_bduRU
GitLab Community Edition, Enterprise Edition≤ vers:unknown/*ncsc_nlNL
GitLab Enterprise Edition≤ vers:unknown/*ncsc_nlNL
gitlab gitlab16.6.0 → 18.2.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab18.3.0 → 18.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab= 18.4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami gitlab16.6.0 → 18.2.7osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab18.3.0 → 18.3.3osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

NCSC-2025-0300Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in GitLab EE & CENL2025-09-29csaf · ncsc_nlNL
GitLab heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in GitLab CE/EE (Specifiek voor versies voor 18.2.7, 18.3.3, en 18.4.1).
WID-SEC-W-2025-2140GitLab: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-09-25csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in GitLab ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, um Informationen offenzulegen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, und um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.
BIT-gitlab-2025-7691Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions in GitLab2025-10-01vendor · osvUS
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.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund ncsc_nl nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-09-26modified 2026-10-19

references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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