PT-2025-13173 · Gitlab · Gitlab Ce/Ee

Published 2025-03-12 · Updated 2025-08-13 · CVE-2025-2242

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GitLab CE/EE versions 17.4 through 17.8.6 GitLab CE/EE versions 17.9 through 17.9.3 GitLab CE/EE versions 17.10 through 17.10.1

Description The issue is related to an improper access control, allowing a user who was previously an instance admin but has since been downgraded to a regular user to maintain elevated privileges to groups and projects.

Recommendations For versions 17.4 through 17.8.6, update to version 17.8.6 or later. For versions 17.9 through 17.9.3, update to version 17.9.3 or later. For versions 17.10 through 17.10.1, update to version 17.10.1 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Incorrect Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-03515

BIT-GITLAB-2025-2242

CVE-2025-2242

Affected Products

Gitlab Ce/Ee

References · 16

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/2xxx/CVE-2025-2242.json · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-2242 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-03515 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-2242 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2242 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2242 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2242 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-gitlab-2025-2242 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvedetector/21276 · Telegram Post
• https://vuldb.com/ru/?id.301533 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1905300670837915713 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvetracker/20071 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/Hossted_OSS/status/1909096434239938893 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/116496 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/131984 · Telegram Post