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TI-2025-08692 Aliases CVE-2025-9486GHSA-j94w-j9cr-q9pj

Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab

Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-266Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-266.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00341 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed GitLab (GitLab): 19.0.6, 19.1.4, 19.2.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
GitLabGitLab15.6 to before 19.0.6; 19.1 to before 19.1.4; 19.2 to before 19.2.219.0.6, 19.1.4, 19.2.2Patch availableCNA
  • GitLab VendorGitLab Affected 15.6 to before 19.0.6; 19.1 to before 19.1.4; 19.2 to before 19.2.2 Fixed in 19.0.6, 19.1.4, 19.2.2 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*15.6.0 to before 19.0.6; 19.1.0 to before 19.1.4; 19.2.0 to before 19.2.2VulnerableGitLab
  • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 15.6.0 to before 19.0.6; 19.1.0 to before 19.1.4; 19.2.0 to before 19.2.2 Vulnerable ·GitLab

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA GitLab (GitLab) Fixed in 19.0.6, 19.1.4, 19.2.2

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    GitLab 19.0.6, 19.1.4, 19.2.2

    9 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 4 MEDIUM, 5 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-04253 Missing Authorization in GitLabPriority MEDIUM 53
    • TI-2026-12814 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLabPriority MEDIUM 40
    • TI-2026-12813 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLabPriority MEDIUM 40
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-9486
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j94w-j9cr-q9pj

References

Exploit 1

Other 2

  • TI-2026-71508 Integer overflow in GitLab allows code execution on the server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-58817 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2023-06425 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in GitLab KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2021-05191 Code injection in GitLab KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2021-05161 Server-side request forgery in GitLab KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-02763 Injection in GitLab CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
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Sources

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