Auth Bypass Issue Access in GitLab CE/EE via Duplicate Project Names (v<18.2.7)
CVE-2025-5069 Published on September 26, 2025
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.10 before 18.2.7, 18.3 before 18.3.3, and 18.4 before 18.4.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to gain unauthorized access to confidential issues by creating a project with an identical name to the victim's project.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-5069 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction and a 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
Incorrect Ownership Assignment
The software assigns an owner to a resource, but the owner is outside of the intended control sphere. This may allow the resource to be manipulated by actors outside of the intended control sphere.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-5069
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Affected Versions
GitLab:- Version 17.10 and below 18.2.7 is affected.
- Version 18.3 and below 18.3.3 is affected.
- Version 18.4 and below 18.4.1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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