Privilege escalation in GitLab
CVE-2025-9486
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.6 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed a user with a pending membership to receive permissions granted by a custom role, due to incorrect privilege assignment that did not account for membership state.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (25.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- GitLab — versions 15.6, 19.1, 19.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/565412 (issue-tracking, permissions-required, Broken Link)
- hackerone.com/reports/3262844 (Permissions Required, technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)
- docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-2-2-released/ (Release Notes)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-9486?
- CVE-2025-9486 is a low-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2026-08-12.
- How severe is CVE-2025-9486?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.