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CVE-2025-7691

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Description

A privilege escalation issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.6 prior to 18.2.7, 18.3 prior to 18.3.3, and 18.4 prior to 18.4.1 that could have allowed a developer with specific group management permissions to escalate their privileges and obtain unauthorized access to additional system capabilities.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.8 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2025-09-26 09:15:48.810000
Last modified
2026-10-19 16:10:00.260000
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  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T16:10:00.260",
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