Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.0 before 18.0.4 and 18.1 before 18.1.2 that could have allowed authenticated users with invitation privileges to bypass group-level user invitation restrictions by manipulating group invitation functionality.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-4972

CVSS Base Severity: LOW

CVSS Base Score: 2.7

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected Products

Vendor: GitLab

Product: GitLab

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.01% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 0.94% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-07-10 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4972
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/543816
https://hackerone.com/reports/3148693

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