CVE-2025-2408 Insufficient Granularity of Access Control in GitLab

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass IP access restrictions to view sensitive information in GitLab, requiring specific conditions to exploit.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2025-2408?

CVE-2025-2408 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 10 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 13.12 before 17.8.7, 17.9 before 17.9.6, and 17.10 before 17.10.4. Under certain conditions users could bypass IP access restrictions and view sensitive information.

Weakness: CWE-1220

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2408?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including gitlab. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
gitlab BitnamiFrom 13.12.017.10.4

Products include Gitlab Gitlab.

How do I fix CVE-2025-2408?

Upgrade gitlab to 17.10.4 or later.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2025-2408 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2408 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Gitlab Gitlab vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as BIT-gitlab-2025-2408, GHSA-3jj9-4wwv-fwwp, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2408.

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