An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.0 prior to 18.0.6, 18.1 prior to 18.1.4, and 18.2 prior to 18.2.2 that could have allowed authenticated users with specific access to bypass merge request approval policies by manipulating approval rule identifiers.
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https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/549105 |
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Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:45:00 +0000
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CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
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Description | An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.0 prior to 18.0.6, 18.1 prior to 18.1.4, and 18.2 prior to 18.2.2 that could have allowed authenticated users with specific access to bypass merge request approval policies by manipulating approval rule identifiers. | |
Title | Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in GitLab | |
First Time appeared |
Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab |
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Weaknesses | CWE-639 | |
CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
Vendors & Products |
Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitLab
Published: 2025-08-13T17:26:10.817Z
Updated: 2025-08-13T20:05:23.927Z
Reserved: 2025-08-08T20:04:49.189Z
Link: CVE-2025-8770

Updated: 2025-08-13T20:05:17.128Z

Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-08-13T18:15:33.250
Modified: 2025-08-15T16:33:45.953
Link: CVE-2025-8770

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