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Missing Authorization in GitLab

Type: advisorySources: OSV

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 13.7 to 18.2.8, 18.3 before 18.3.4, and 18.4 before 18.4.2 that could have allowed authenticated users without project membership to view sensitive manual CI/CD variables by querying the GraphQL API.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2025-9825
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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6 Nov 2026, 01:34 UTC · Revision 1

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Missing Authorization in GitLab

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Nov 2025, 05:33 UTC

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 13.7 to 18.2.8, 18.3 before 18.3.4, and 18.4 before 18.4.2 that could have allowed authenticated users without project membership to view sensitive manual CI/CD variables by querying the GraphQL API.

osv:CVE-2025-9825
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-9825",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Missing Authorization in GitLab",
    "summary": "GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 13.7 to 18.2.8, 18.3 before 18.3.4, and 18.4 before 18.4.2 that could have allowed authenticated users without project membership to view sensitive manual CI/CD variables by querying the GraphQL API.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-9825",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2025-9825",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2025-9825",
        "CVE-2025-9825"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
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          ],
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:45.783243746Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/10/08/patch-release-gitlab-18-4-2-released/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/9xxx/CVE-2025-9825.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9825",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/567301",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/3319800"
      ],
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        "cwe_ids": [
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      }
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 513902,
  "published_at": "2025-11-21T05:33:31.558+00:00"
}