CVE-2025-9486

What it is

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.

At a glance

Exploitability

Can be exploited over the network with an admin-level account. Limited direct impact.

Exploit odds

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).

Fix

No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.

Timeline

1. 2026-08-12 20:17 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2. 2026-09-29 10:10 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Details

Published

2026-08-12 20:17 UTC

Last modified

2026-09-29 10:10 UTC

Exploit probability

0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days

Weakness

CWE-266

Record status

Analyzed

Affected

• GitLab < 19.0.6
• GitLab < 19.1.4
• GitLab < 19.2.2

Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 3.3

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

High

Privileges needed

High

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None