CVE-2025-7691

A privilege escalation issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.6 prior to 18.2.7, 18.3 prior to 18.3.3, and 18.4 prior to 18.4.1 that could have allowed a developer with specific group management permissions to escalate their privileges and obtain unauthorized access to additional system capabilities.

CVSS 3.1

8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 31% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-267

Published

2025-09-26

Modified

2026-10-19

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• gitlab:gitlab

References

• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/555786
• https://hackerone.com/reports/3200469

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