What is CVE-2025-9957?

CVE-2025-9957 is a low-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 2.7/10. Published 2026-04-22.

How severe is CVE-2025-9957?

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

Auth bypass in Gitlab

CVE-2025-9957

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.2 before 18.9.6, 18.10 before 18.10.4, and 18.11 before 18.11.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with project owner permiss…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.004 (30.4th 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:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 18.10, 11.2, 18.11

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

cve@gitlab.com (Permissions Required, technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)
cve@gitlab.com (Broken Link)
cve@gitlab.com (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-9957?: CVE-2025-9957 is a low-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 2.7/10. Published 2026-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2025-9957?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.7 out of 10.