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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 27, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2025-2242

CVE-2025-2242

Description

An improper access control vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.4 prior to 17.8.6, 17.9 prior to 17.9.3, and 17.10 prior to 17.10.1 allows a user who was an instance admin before but has since been downgraded to a regular user to continue to maintain elevated privileges to groups and projects.

Affected products

8
  • GitLab Inc./GitLabv56 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: 17.4
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*range: >=17.4.0,<17.8.6
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*range: >=17.4.0,<17.8.6
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:17.10.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:17.10.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: from 17.4 prior to 17.8.6, 17.9 prior to 17.9.3, and 17.10 prior to 17.10.1
  • GitLab Inc./GitLab EE and CEllm-fuzzy
    Range: from 17.4 prior to 17.8.6, 17.9 prior to 17.9.3, and 17.10 prior to 17.10.1
  • osv-coords
    pkg:bitnami/gitlab
    Range: >= 17.4.0, < 17.10.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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News mentions

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