CVE-2025-8770 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in GitLab

What is CVE-2025-8770?

CVE-2025-8770 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 13 Aug 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 EE affecting all versions from 18.0 prior to 18.0.6, 18.1 prior to 18.1.4, and 18.2 prior to 18.2.2 that could have allowed authenticated users with specific access to bypass merge request approval policies by manipulating approval rule identifiers.

Weakness: CWE-639

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8770?

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

Products include Gitlab Gitlab.

How do I fix CVE-2025-8770?

Upgrade gitlab to a fixed version for your release line: 18.0.6, 18.1.4 or 18.2.2.

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

Is CVE-2025-8770 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8770 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2021-22205 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 10.0
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All Gitlab Gitlab vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BIT-gitlab-2025-8770, GHSA-gxh9-4vgj-w44j, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8770.