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.
History

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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
Weaknesses CWE-639
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-08-13T18:15:33.250

Modified: 2025-08-15T16:33:45.953

Link: CVE-2025-8770

cve-icon Redhat

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