CVE-2025-2938 Business Logic Errors in GitLab
Authenticated users can gain elevated project privileges due to flawed role modification logic during access approval requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-2938?
CVE-2025-2938 is a low-severity vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 26 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.3 before 17.11.5, 18.0 before 18.0.3, and 18.1 before 18.1.1 that could have allowed authenticated users to gain elevated project privileges by requesting access to projects where role modifications during the approval process resulted in unintended permission grants.
Weakness: CWE-840
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2938?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including gitlab. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
gitlab Bitnami | From 17.3.0 | 18.0.1 |
Products include Gitlab Gitlab.
How do I fix CVE-2025-2938?
Upgrade gitlab to 18.0.1 or later.
Is CVE-2025-2938 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2938 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gitlab Gitlab
- CVE-2026-97229 GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Integer Overflow or Wraparound
- CVE-2026-85706 GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal
- CVE-2023-7028 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control
- CVE-2021-22205 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-39935 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Sources
Also known as BIT-gitlab-2025-2938, GHSA-xxvq-27rc-4q93, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2938.