GitLab CE/EE <18.9.7: Guest Auth can View Unauthorized Issues
CVE-2025-13874 Published on May 14, 2026
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in GitLab
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.1 before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user with Guest permissions to view issues in projects they were not authorized to access.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-13874 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is an Insecure Direct Object Reference / IDOR Vulnerability?
The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.
CVE-2025-13874 has been classified to as an Insecure Direct Object Reference / IDOR vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-13874
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Affected Versions
GitLab:- Version 15.1 and below 18.9.7 is affected.
- Version 18.10 and below 18.10.6 is affected.
- Version 18.11 and below 18.11.3 is affected.
Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.