API Request Exploit in GitLab EE for User Invitation Restrictions
CVE-2025-6168

2.7LOW

Key Information:

Vendor

Gitlab
Status
Gitlab
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 July 2025

What is CVE-2025-6168?

A vulnerability discovered in GitLab EE allows authenticated maintainers to circumvent group-level user invitation restrictions through crafted API requests. This flaw affects all versions of GitLab from 18.0 prior to 18.0.4 and 18.1 prior to 18.1.2. By exploiting this weakness, maintainers can invite users to groups without authorization, raising significant security concerns regarding sensitive access control.

Affected Version(s)

GitLab 18.0 < 18.0.4

GitLab 18.1 < 18.1.2

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/549725
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https://hackerone.com/reports/3196745
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
2.7
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
None
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Thanks [hunter0xp7](https://hackerone.com/hunter0xp7) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
.