What is CVE-2025-5846?

CVE-2025-5846 is a low-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 2.7/10. Published 2025-06-26.

How severe is CVE-2025-5846?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.7 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Gitlab

CVE-2025-5846

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.10 before 17.11.5, 18.0 before 18.0.3, and 18.1 before 18.1.1 that could have allowed authenticated users to assign unrelated compliance frameworks to projects by sending crafted GraphQL mutations that bypassed framework-specific permission checks.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.002 (11.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 16.10, 18.1, 18.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

cve@gitlab.com (issue-tracking, permissions-required, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-5846?: CVE-2025-5846 is a low-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 2.7/10. Published 2025-06-26.
How severe is CVE-2025-5846?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.7 out of 10.