CVE-2025-2938

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.3 before 17.11.5, 18.0 before 18.0.3, and 18.1 before 18.1.1 that could have allowed authenticated users to gain elevated project privileges by requesting access to projects where role modifications during the approval process resulted in unintended permission grants.

CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v3.1

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

EPSS

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 19th percentile

Published

2025-06-26

Updated

2026-02-26

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://hackerone.com/reports/3063091

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2025-2937
• CVE-2025-29384
• CVE-2025-29365
• CVE-2025-29385
• CVE-2025-2934
• CVE-2025-29386