Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 9, 2025· Updated Oct 9, 2025
Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
CVE-2025-11340
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.3 to 18.3.4, 18.4 to 18.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed authenticated users with read-only API tokens to perform unauthorized write operations on vulnerability records by exploiting incorrectly scoped GraphQL mutations.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: 18.3
- (no CPE)range: 18.3 to 18.3.4, 18.4 to 18.4.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/567847mitreissue-trackingpermissions-required
- about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/10/08/patch-release-gitlab-18-4-2-released/mitre
News mentions
1- GitLab Patch Release: 18.4.2, 18.3.4, 18.2.8GitLab Security Releases · Oct 8, 2025