CVE-2025-13781

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Publication date: 2026-01-09

Last updated on: 2026-01-09

Assigner: GitLab Inc.

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.5 before 18.5.5, 18.6 before 18.6.3, and 18.7 before 18.7.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to modify instance-wide AI feature provider settings by exploiting missing authorization checks in GraphQL mutations.

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Published

2026-01-09

Last Modified

2026-01-09

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2026-01-10

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-13781

EUVD

EUVD-2026-1767

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
gitlab	gitlab	From 18.5 (inc) to 18.5.5 (exc)
gitlab	gitlab	From 18.6 (inc) to 18.6.3 (exc)
gitlab	gitlab	From 18.7 (inc) to 18.7.1 (exc)
gitlab	gitlab	From 8.3 (inc) to 18.5.5 (exc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-862	The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability in GitLab Enterprise Edition allows an authenticated user to modify instance-wide AI feature provider settings by exploiting missing authorization checks in GraphQL mutations. Essentially, users with some level of access could change critical AI configuration settings that affect the entire GitLab instance without proper permission verification.

Impact Analysis

The impact of this vulnerability is that an authenticated user could alter AI feature provider settings across the entire GitLab instance, potentially leading to unauthorized changes in AI behavior or data processing. This could compromise the integrity of AI features and affect the reliability or security of the system.

Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate this vulnerability, you should immediately upgrade GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE) to version 18.5.5 or later, 18.6.3 or later, or 18.7.1 or later, as these patched versions address the issue. Applying these updates will fix the missing authorization checks in GraphQL mutations that allow authenticated users to modify instance-wide AI feature provider settings. [1]

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