What is CVE-2025-6168?

CVE-2025-6168 is a low-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 2.7/10. Published 2025-07-10.

How severe is CVE-2025-6168?

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

Is CVE-2025-6168 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-2025-6168

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.0 before 18.0.4 and 18.1 before 18.1.2 that could have allowed authenticated maintainers to bypass group-level user invitation restrictions by sending crafted API req…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.003 (22.6th 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:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 18.0, 18.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect 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-2025-6168?: CVE-2025-6168 is a low-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 2.7/10. Published 2025-07-10.
How severe is CVE-2025-6168?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-6168 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.