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

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 17.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-5846: held from 0.002 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.001

Affected products

  • GitLab — versions 16.10, 18.1, 18.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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.