Vulnerability · Published Aug 27, 2025 · Assigned by GitLab
CVE-2025-2246Missing Authorization in GitLab
Medium 5.8
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in GitLab from GitLab. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 18.1.5, 18.2 before 18.2.5, and 18.3 before 18.3.1 that could have allowed unauthenticated users to access sensitive manual CI/CD variables by querying the GraphQL API.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
- GitLab Issue #524592 issue-tracking, permissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3026559 technical-description, exploit, permissions-required