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CVE-2025-1540 (GCVE-0-2025-1540)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-06 08:31 – Updated: 2025-03-06 16:29
VLAI
Title
Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE for Self-Managed and Dedicated instances affecting all versions from 17.5 prior to 17.6.5, 17.7 prior to 17.7.4, and 17.8 prior to 17.8.2. It was possible for a user added as an External to read and clone internal projects under certain circumstances."
Severity
3.1 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-06 16:28 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GitLab GitLab Affected: 17.5 , < 17.6.5 (semver)
Affected: 17.7 , < 17.7.4 (semver)
Affected: 17.8 , < 17.8.2 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Thanks [Renato Alves](https://gitlab.com/unode) for reporting this vulnerability.
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