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Status published
High
CVE-2025-5121
Missing Authorization in GitLab
Vulnerability Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.11 before 17.11.4 and 18.0 before 18.0.2. A missing authorization check may have allowed compliance frameworks to be applied to projects outside the compliance framework's group.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Thanks [jean_d-ou](https://hackerone.com/jean_d-ou) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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Affected Vendor
GitLab
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GitLab
Vulnerable Versions:
17.11, 18.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 20th, 2025
Last Modified:
June 20th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H