# CVE-2025-5846: Missing Authorization in GitLab

> CVE-2025-5846: Missing Authorization in GitLab. CVSS 2.7 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-5846
Last updated: 2026-06-17T09:48:51Z

- Published: 2025-06-26 05:31 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 09:48 UTC · Assigner: GitLab
- CVSS: 2.7 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Low · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS: 0.27%, 19th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-862

## Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.10 before 17.11.5, 18.0 before 18.0.3, and 18.1 before 18.1.1 that could have allowed authenticated users to assign unrelated compliance frameworks to projects by sending crafted GraphQL mutations that bypassed framework-specific permission checks.

## 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-2025-5846)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5846)
- [https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/546435](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/546435)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-5846 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-5846.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-5846 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:09:24.625Z