{"id":"CVE-2025-7691","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-7691","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:41:28.197Z","title":"A privilege escalation issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.6 prior to 18.2.7, 18.3 prior to 18.3.3, and 18.4 prior to 18.4.1 that could have allowed a developer with specific group management permissions to escalate…","description":"A privilege escalation issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.6 prior to 18.2.7, 18.3 prior to 18.3.3, and 18.4 prior to 18.4.1 that could have allowed a developer with specific group management permissions to escalate their privileges and obtain unauthorized access to additional system capabilities.","published":"2025-09-26T09:15:49.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-19T16:10:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cve@gitlab.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-267"],"affected":["gitlab/gitlab"],"epss":{"score":0.0038,"percentile":0.31833,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/555786","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@gitlab.com"},{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/3200469","tags":["Permissions Required"],"source":"cve@gitlab.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7691","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}