CVE-2025-13928

Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.7 before 18.6.4, 18.7 before 18.7.2, and 18.8 before 18.8.2 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause a denial of service condition by exploiting incorrect authorization validation in API endpoints.

Affected

GitLab

CVSS v3.1 GITLAB

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 52nd percentile

Published

2026-01-22

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://hackerone.com/reports/3439441

Security advisories

• https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/01/21/patch-release-gitlab-18-8-2-released

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry