Low
Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
Type: advisorySources: OSV
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.2 before 18.9.6, 18.10 before 18.10.4, and 18.11 before 18.11.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with project owner permissions to bypass group fork prevention settings due to improper authorization checks.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-9957
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 01:21 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.2 before 18.9.6, 18.10 before 18.10.4, and 18.11 before 18.11.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with project owner permissions to bypass group fork prevention settings due to improper authorization checks.
osv:CVE-2025-9957
Complete source record
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"id": "0508e11468e342d9c958abcbc713d8cc8ce9fcf911dc196951c58bb48145b2e1",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-9957",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "Incorrect Authorization in GitLab",
"summary": "GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.2 before 18.9.6, 18.10 before 18.10.4, and 18.11 before 18.11.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with project owner permissions to bypass group fork prevention settings due to improper authorization checks.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-9957",
"products": [],
"severity": "low",
"structured": {
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"aliases": [
"BIT-gitlab-2025-9957",
"CVE-2025-9957"
],
"metrics": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
}
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"modified": "2026-10-30T10:31:03.089479903Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/04/22/patch-release-gitlab-18-11-1-released/",
"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/567781",
"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/9xxx/CVE-2025-9957.json",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9957",
"https://hackerone.com/reports/3275222"
],
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"CWE-863"
],
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 491555,
"published_at": "2026-04-22T16:05:16.304+00:00"
}