# CVE-2025-7691: Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions in GitLab

> CVE-2025-7691: Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions in GitLab. CVSS 6.5 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-7691
Last updated: 2026-10-19T16:10:00Z

- Published: 2025-09-26 09:05 UTC · Updated: 2026-10-19 16:10 UTC · Assigner: GitLab
- CVSS: 6.5 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS: 0.38%, 32th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-267

## Description

A privilege escalation issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.6 prior to 18.2.7, 18.3 prior to 18.3.3, and 18.4 prior to 18.4.1 that could have allowed a developer with specific group management permissions to escalate their privileges and obtain unauthorized access to additional system capabilities.

## 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-2025-7691)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7691)
- [https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/555786](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/555786)
- [https://hackerone.com/reports/3200469](https://hackerone.com/reports/3200469)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-7691 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-7691.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-7691 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:11:04.884Z