CVE-2025-1540

March 6, 2025, 9:15 a.m.

3.1
Low

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE for Self-Managed and Dedicated instances affecting all versions from 17.5 prior to 17.6.5, 17.7 prior to 17.7.4, and 17.8 prior to 17.8.2. It was possible for a user added as an External to read and clone internal projects under certain circumstances."

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
GitLab CE/EE
  • ['17.5 - 17.6.5', '17.7 - 17.7.4', '17.8 - 17.8.2']

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-863
Incorrect Authorization
The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

References

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/02/12/patch-release-gitlab-17-8-2-released/#saml-authentication-misconfigures-external-user-attribute
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/512765

Tags

CWE-863
cve@gitlab.com
2025-03-06
CVE-2025-1540

CVSS Score

3.1 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: HIGH
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: LOW
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE

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

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Timeline

Published: March 6, 2025, 9:15 a.m.
Last Modified: March 6, 2025, 9:15 a.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

cve@gitlab.com

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