GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 17.9.7/17.10.5/17.11.1 IP Access Restriction insufficient granularity of access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.9.7/17.10.5/17.11.1. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component IP Access Restriction. The manipulation results in insufficient granularity of access control. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-1278. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.9.7/17.10.5/17.11.1. Affected is some unknown processing of the component IP Access Restriction. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficient granularity of access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-1220. The product implements access controls via a policy or other feature with the intention to disable or restrict accesses (reads and/or writes) to assets in a system from untrusted agents. However, implemented access controls lack required granularity, which renders the control policy too broad because it allows accesses from unauthorized agents to the security-sensitive assets. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.0 before 17.9.8, 17.10 before 17.10.6, and 17.11 before 17.11.2. Under certain conditions users could bypass IP access restrictions and view sensitive information.

The weakness was shared by iamgk808 as 519580. The advisory is shared for download at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-1278 since 02/13/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 235665 (GitLab 12.0 < 17.9.8 / 17.10 < 17.10.6 / 17.11 < 17.11.2 (CVE-2025-1278)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 17.9.8, 17.10.6 or 17.11.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (235665). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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CNA Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Insufficient granularity of access control
CWE: CWE-1220 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 235665
Nessus Name: GitLab 12.0 < 17.9.8 / 17.10 < 17.10.6 / 17.11 < 17.11.2 (CVE-2025-1278)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 17.9.8/17.10.6/17.11.2

Timelineinfo

02/13/2025 🔍
05/09/2025 +84 days 🔍
05/09/2025 +0 days 🔍
08/09/2025 +91 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 519580
Researcher: iamgk808
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-1278 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-1278
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-308244

Entryinfo

Created: 05/09/2025 23:56
Updated: 08/09/2025 00:46
Changes: 05/09/2025 23:56 (66), 05/10/2025 10:18 (2), 08/09/2025 00:46 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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