CVE-2025-6168

LOW 2.7 ALL-YEARS

Published 2025-07-10 · Last modified 2025-07-10 · GitLab · NVD: Analyzed

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.0 before 18.0.4 and 18.1 before 18.1.2 that could have allowed authenticated maintainers to bypass group-level user invitation restrictions by sending crafted API requests.

LIMITED SIGNALS

No known exploitation, public exploit, or elevated probability at this time. Track for changes.

Exploitation likelihood

0.4%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 29th percentile

○ In CISA KEV○ Catalogued PoC◆ SSVC: exploitation none, automatable no

Impact if exploited

2.7CVSS 3.1 · LOW · CNA

ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

What an attacker needs

✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
⚠Privileges: Requires an admin / high-privilege account
✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable

✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it

Proof of concept

No public PoC is currently catalogued.

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Tracked sources are checked weekly for the full archive, including PoCs published after the original disclosure. A later release appears after a tracked source lists it and a refresh succeeds.

Data snapshot: 2026-10-26T04:59:11.116Z

Affected

Vendors Gitlab

Products Gitlab

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-863: : Incorrect Authorization

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References and research data (JSON)

Known Affected Software Configurations

Vendor	Product	Version range
Gitlab	Gitlab	≥ 18.0.0 and < 18.0.4
Gitlab	Gitlab	≥ 18.1.0 and < 18.1.2

All CVSS metrics

LOW 2.7 v3.1 · CNA Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
LOW 2.7 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

Exploit-tagged references (not proof of a PoC)

https://hackerone.com/reports/3196745 technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-requiredPermissions RequiredCVE record · GitLab · Updated 2025-07-10T08:30:54.721Z
NVD · CVE-2025-6168 · Updated 2026-06-17T10:01:18.727

Advisories

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-20988 ADVISORYEUVD · EUVD-2025-20988

Technical & other

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/549725 issue-trackingpermissions-requiredBroken LinkCVE record · GitLab · Updated 2025-07-10T08:30:54.721Z
NVD · CVE-2025-6168 · Updated 2026-06-17T10:01:18.727

Sources: NVD · CVE.org · All sources and attribution · EPSS