An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.0 prior to 18.0.6, 18.1 prior to 18.1.4, and 18.2 prior to 18.2.2 that could have allowed authenticated users with specific access to bypass merge request approval policies by manipulating approval rule identifiers.
                
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References
        | Link | Providers | 
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| https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/549105 |     | 
History
                    Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:45:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | 
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 20:15:00 +0000
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| Metrics | ssvc 
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Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:45:00 +0000
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| Description | An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.0 prior to 18.0.6, 18.1 prior to 18.1.4, and 18.2 prior to 18.2.2 that could have allowed authenticated users with specific access to bypass merge request approval policies by manipulating approval rule identifiers. | |
| Title | Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in GitLab | |
| First Time appeared | Gitlab Gitlab gitlab | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-639 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products | Gitlab Gitlab gitlab | |
| References |  | |
| Metrics | cvssV3_1 
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitLab
Published: 2025-08-13T17:26:10.817Z
Updated: 2025-08-13T20:05:23.927Z
Reserved: 2025-08-08T20:04:49.189Z
Link: CVE-2025-8770
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    Updated: 2025-08-13T20:05:17.128Z
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-08-13T18:15:33.250
Modified: 2025-08-15T16:33:45.953
Link: CVE-2025-8770
 Redhat
                        Redhat
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