CVE-2025-2498 (GCVE-0-2025-2498)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-13 17:27 – Updated: 2025-08-13 20:02
VLAI?
Summary
An improper access control in Gitlab EE affecting all versions from 12.0 prior to 18.0.6, 18.1 prior to 18.1.4, and 18.2 prior to 18.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed users to view assigned issues from restricted groups by bypassing IP restrictions.
Severity ?
3.1 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-1220 - Insufficient Granularity of Access Control
Assigner
References
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/525515 issue-trackingpermissions-required
https://hackerone.com/reports/3037722 technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: 12.0 , < 18.0.6 (semver)
Affected: 18.1 , < 18.1.4 (semver)
Affected: 18.2 , < 18.2.2 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Thanks [rogerace](https://hackerone.com/rogerace) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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