CVE-2025-2242: GitLab

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An improper access control vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.4 prior to 17.8.6, 17.9 prior to 17.9.3, and 17.10 prior to 17.10.1 allows a user who was an instance admin before but has since been downgraded to a regular user to continue to maintain elevated privileges to groups and projects.

Affected products

• GitLab GitLab: from 17.4.0, before 17.8.6 (fixed in 17.8.6); from 17.9.0, before 17.9.3 (fixed in 17.9.3); version 17.10.0 only

Published 2025-03-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.