CVE-2025-7691

A privilege escalation issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.6 prior to 18.2.7, 18.3 prior to 18.3.3, and 18.4 prior to 18.4.1 that could have allowed a developer with specific group management permissions to escalate their privileges and obtain unauthorized access to additional system capabilities.

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

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

EPSS

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 30th percentile

Published

2025-09-26

Updated

2026-02-26

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://hackerone.com/reports/3200469

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2025-7659
• CVE-2025-7728
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• CVE-2025-7734