SB2025072556 - Multiple vulnerabilities in GitLab CE/EE
Published: July 25, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 vulnerabilities.
1) Improper authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-6168)
CWE-ID: CWE-285 - Improper Authorization
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass authorization checks.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect authorization checks. A remote authenticated maintainer can bypass group-level user invitation restrictions by sending crafted API requests.
2) Improper authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-4972)
CWE-ID: CWE-285 - Improper Authorization
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass authorization checks.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect authorization checks. A remote authenticated user with invitation privileges can bypass group-level user invitation restrictions by manipulating group invitation functionality.
3) Improper authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-3396)
CWE-ID: CWE-285 - Improper Authorization
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass authorization checks.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect authorization checks. A remote authenticated project owner can bypass group-level forking restrictions by manipulating API requests.
4) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-6948)
CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/549725
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3196745
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/07/09/patch-release-gitlab-18-1-2-released/
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/543816
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3148693
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/534636
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3079956
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/552616
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3227316