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.

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…

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.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 15.6, 19.1, 19.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment

References

cve@gitlab.com (issue-tracking, permissions-required)
cve@gitlab.com (technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)
cve@gitlab.com

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.