What is CVE-2025-2246?

CVE-2025-2246 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2025-08-27.

How severe is CVE-2025-2246?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-2246 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Gitlab

CVE-2025-2246

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 18.1.5, 18.2 before 18.2.5, and 18.3 before 18.3.1 that could have allowed unauthenticated users to access sensitive manual CI/CD variables by querying the GraphQL API.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.003 (19.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 18.3, 18.3.0, 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

cve@gitlab.com (issue-tracking, permissions-required, Broken Link)
cve@gitlab.com (Permissions Required, technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-2246?: CVE-2025-2246 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2025-08-27.
How severe is CVE-2025-2246?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-2246 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.