CVE-2025-9486
Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.6 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed a user with a pending membership to receive permissions granted by a custom role, due to incorrect privilege assignment that did not account for membership state.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.6 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed a user with a pending membership to receive permissions granted by a custom role, due to incorrect privilege assignment that did not account for membership state.
- Record
CVE-2025-9486- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-210720
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.6 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed a user with a pending membership to receive permissions granted by a custom role, due to incorrect privilege assignment that did not account for membership state.
- Record
EUVD-2025-210720- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j94w-j9cr-q9pj
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.6 before 19.0.6, 19.1...
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.6 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed a user with a pending membership to receive permissions granted by a custom role, due to incorrect privilege assignment that did not account for membership state.
- Record
GHSA-j94w-j9cr-q9pj- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.6 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed a user with a pending membership to receive permissions granted by a custom role, due to incorrect privilege assignment that did not account for membership state.
- Record
CVE-2025-9486- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.6 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed a user with a pending membership to receive permissions granted by a custom role, due to incorrect privilege assignment that did not account for membership state.
- Record
CVE-2025-9486- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-gitlab-2025-9486 No score
Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.6 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed a user with a pending membership to receive permissions granted by a custom role, due to incorrect privilege assignment that did not account for membership state.
- Record
BIT-gitlab-2025-9486- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
gitlabBitnami |
15.6.0 up to 19.0.6, 19.1.0 up to 19.1.4, 19.2.0 up to 19.2.2 | 19.0.619.1.419.2.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-9486 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.3) in Gitlab, published August 12, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. Fixed in gitlab 19.0.6.