Improper access control in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2025-13874

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Improper access control in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2025-13874

Published: May 18, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU131686
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-13874
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: GitLab, Inc
Affected software:
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to view issues in projects they are not authorized to access.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access control in issue links API when handling issue link requests. A remote user can request linked issue data to view issues in projects they are not authorized to access.

Guest permissions are sufficient.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-13874

Install security update from vendor's website.

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