CVE-2025-13928

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.7 before 18.6.4, 18.7 before 18.7.2, and 18.8 before 18.8.2 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause a denial of service condition by exploiting incorrect authorization validation in API endpoints.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/01/21/patch-release-gitlab-18-8-2-released/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/582736	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/3439441	Permissions Required

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

History

26 Jan 2026, 21:08

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Gitlab Gitlab gitlab
References	~~() https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/01/21/patch-release-gitlab-18-8-2-released/ -~~	() https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/01/21/patch-release-gitlab-18-8-2-released/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/582736 -~~	() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/582736 - Broken Link
References	~~() https://hackerone.com/reports/3439441 -~~	() https://hackerone.com/reports/3439441 - Permissions Required
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::* cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*

22 Jan 2026, 15:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-01-22 15:16

Updated : 2026-01-26 21:08

NVD link : CVE-2025-13928

Mitre link : CVE-2025-13928

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-13928

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

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