CVE-2025-9825Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Authenticated CI/CD variable disclosure via implicit Guest access

Published Nov 21, 2025 · Updated Nov 24, 2025

Missing authorization in affected GitLab releases allows remote authenticated users to read sensitive manual CI/CD variables through GraphQL. The read_manual_variables policy treats every signed-in user as an implicit Guest of internal projects, so the manualVariables field returns key-value pairs without explicit project membership. Any instance account can expose variables entered for an internal project's manual job, but no write or availability impact is reported.

CVSS severity5.0
Medium
EPSS probability0.36%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Missing authorization in affected GitLab releases allows remote authenticated users to read sensitive manual CI/CD variables through GraphQL. The read_manual_variables policy treats every signed-in user as an implicit Guest of internal projects, so the manualVariables field returns key-value pairs without explicit project membership. Any instance account can expose variables entered for an internal project's manual job, but no write or availability impact is reported.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-9825
Published
Nov 21, 2025
Updated
Nov 24, 2025
Vendor
GitLab
Product
GitLab
Classifications
CWE-862, T1213.003
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 21, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=13.7 <18.2.8
  2. Affected versionversion=18.3 <18.3.4
  3. Affected versionversion=18.4 <18.4.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

GitLab · GitLabversion=13.7 <18.2.8; version=18.3 <18.3.4; version=18.4 <18.4.2

Published CVSS scores

5.0GitLab Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
6.5NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-862Missing Authorization
T1213.003Data from Information Repositories: Code Repositories

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