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CVE-2025-9486LOW
GitLab GitLab — Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   H   H   N  U  L  L  N    3.3   .0022   13.4     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  GitLab   15.6 –    —
TIMELINE
  Aug 26  Reserved by GitLab
  Aug 12  Published (CNA: GitLab)
  Aug 13  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2025-9486 (GitLab). Public exploit reference added.
CWE-266 · CNA: GitLab · CVSS v3.1 · 3 references · NVD status: Undergoing Analysis

Description

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
August 26, 2025ReservedReserved by GitLab
August 12, 2026PublishedPublished (CNA: GitLab)
August 13, 2026EXPLOIT PUBLISHEDEXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2025-9486 (GitLab). Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
GitLabGitLab15.6

Weaknesses

CWE-266

References (3)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2025-9486 at cve.org

Vendors: gitlab

Weaknesses: CWE-266

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