CVE-2025-8770 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting GitLab EE versions 18.0.x, 18.1.x, and 18.2.x, allowing authenticated users with specific access to bypass merge request approval policies by manipulating approval rule identifiers. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and resulting in high integrity impact without affecting confidentiality or availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 18.0, < 18.0.6CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 18.1, < 18.1.4CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 18.2, < 18.2.2CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 18.0.0, < 18.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 18.1.0, < 18.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.