What is CVE-2025-7691?

CVE-2025-7691 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-09-26.

How severe is CVE-2025-7691?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-7691 known to be exploited?

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

Privilege escalation in Gitlab

CVE-2025-7691

A privilege escalation issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.6 prior to 18.2.7, 18.3 prior to 18.3.3, and 18.4 prior to 18.4.1 that could have allowed a developer with specific group management permissions to escalate their privileges and obtain unauthorized access to additional system capabilities.

EPSS: 0.003 (27.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 18.4.0, 18.3, 18.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-267 — Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions

Public proof-of-concept exploits

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-2025-7691?: CVE-2025-7691 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2025-7691?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-7691 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.