Auth Hijack of Project Runners in GitLab EE <18.3.5/18.4.3/18.5.1
CVE-2025-11702 Published on October 29, 2025
Missing Authorization in GitLab
GitLab has remediated an issue in EE affecting all versions from 17.1 before 18.3.5, 18.4 before 18.4.3, and 18.5 before 18.5.1 that could have allowed an authenticated attacker with specific permissions to hijack project runners from other projects.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-11702 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?
The software does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
CVE-2025-11702 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-11702
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Affected Versions
GitLab:- Version 17.1 and below 18.3.5 is affected.
- Version 18.4 and below 18.4.3 is affected.
- Version 18.5 and below 18.5.1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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