CVE-2025-9486 json
Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab
published 2mo ago modified last mo. also BIT-gitlab-2025-9486 , EUVD-2025-210720
- cvss
- 3.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- bitnami gitlab 19.0.6, 19.1.4, 19.2.2
- GitLab GitLab 19.0.6, 19.1.4, 19.2.2
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- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/3262844 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 3.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| OSV | 3.1 | 3.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| bitnami | gitlab | >=15.6.0, <19.0.6 >=19.1.0, <19.1.4 >=19.2.0, <19.2.2 |
19.0.6 19.1.4 19.2.2 |
Affected products
- GitLab GitLab
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment
- Technology feeds
References
-
hackerone.com
/reports/3262844
technical-description, exploit, permissions-required, web
-
gitlab.com
/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/565412
issue-tracking, permissions-required, broken-link, web
-
docs.gitlab.com
/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-2-2-released/
release-notes, article
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9486
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-9486
- NVD CVE-2025-9486
- OSV BIT-gitlab-2025-9486
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