# CVE-2025-2498: Insufficient Granularity of Access Control in GitLab

> CVE-2025-2498: Insufficient Granularity of Access Control in GitLab. CVSS 3.1 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-2498
Last updated: 2026-06-17T09:07:04Z

- Published: 2025-08-13 17:27 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 09:07 UTC · Assigner: GitLab
- CVSS: 3.1 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Low · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS: 0.26%, 18th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-1220

## Description

An improper access control in Gitlab EE affecting all versions from 12.0 prior to 18.0.6, 18.1 prior to 18.1.4, and 18.2 prior to 18.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed users to view assigned issues from restricted groups by bypassing IP restrictions.

## Affected vendors and products

- GitLab: GitLab

## Tracked companies

- [GitLab](https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2498)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2498)
- [https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/525515](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/525515)
- [https://hackerone.com/reports/3037722](https://hackerone.com/reports/3037722)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-2498 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-2498.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-2498 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:10:13.156Z