CVE-2025-9486
LOW 3.3 ALL-YEARSGitLab 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.
No known exploitation, public exploit, or elevated probability at this time. Track for changes.
Exploitation likelihood
0.3%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 27th percentile
Impact if exploited
3.3CVSS 3.1 · LOW · CNA
- ConfidentialityLow
- IntegrityLow
- 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: Needs a race window or specific setup
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept
No public PoC is currently catalogued.
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Data snapshot:
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-266: : Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
References and research data (JSON)
Known Affected Software Configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version range |
|---|---|---|
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 15.6.0 and < 19.0.6 |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 19.1.0 and < 19.1.4 |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 19.2.0 and < 19.2.2 |
All CVSS metrics
- LOW 3.3 v3.1 · CNA Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - LOW 3.3 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
Exploit-tagged references (not proof of a PoC)
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3262844 CVE record · GitLab · Updated 2026-08-12T19:05:46.417Z
NVD · CVE-2025-9486 · Updated 2026-09-29T10:10:00.263
Advisories
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-210720 EUVD · EUVD-2025-210720
Technical & other
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/565412 CVE record · GitLab · Updated 2026-08-12T19:05:46.417Z
NVD · CVE-2025-9486 · Updated 2026-09-29T10:10:00.263 - https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-2-2-released/ CVE record · GitLab · Updated 2026-08-12T19:05:46.417Z
NVD · CVE-2025-9486 · Updated 2026-09-29T10:10:00.263
Sources: NVD · CVE.org · All sources and attribution · EPSS