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CVE-2025-10871

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CVE-2025-10871

Published: Sep 26, 2025

Modified: Feb 26, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

3.8

LOW

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.6 before 18.2.7, 18.3 before 18.3.3, and 18.4 before 18.4.1. Project Maintainers can exploit a vulnerability where they can assign custom roles to users with permissions exceeding their own, effectively granting themselves elevated privileges.

VendorProductVersions

GitLab

GitLab

affected
16.6 - < 18.2.7
affected
18.3 - < 18.3.3
affected
18.4 - < 18.4.1

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

References

GitLab Issue #569482
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