---
id: CVE-2025-9486
title: >-
  GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.6
  before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain
  conditions could have allowed a user with a pending membership to receive
  permissio…
summary: >-
  GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.6
  before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain
  conditions could have allowed a user with a pending membership to receive
  permissio…
severity: low
cvss: 3.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-266
vendor: gitlab
product: gitlab
affected:
  - 'gitlab >= 15.6.0, < 19.0.6'
  - 'gitlab >= 19.1.0, < 19.1.4'
  - 'gitlab >= 19.2.0, < 19.2.2'
patched:
  - gitlab 19.2.2
published: '2026-08-12'
updated: '2026-09-29'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-29T10:10:00.263'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9486'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-2-2-released/
    label: cve@gitlab.com
  - url: 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/565412'
    label: cve@gitlab.com
  - url: 'https://hackerone.com/reports/3262844'
    label: cve@gitlab.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-09-29T10:31:36.293Z'
epss: 0.00341
epssPercentile: 0.25041
---

## Overview

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.6 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed a user with a pending membership to receive permissions granted by a custom role, due to incorrect privilege assignment that did not account for membership state.

## Affected

- `gitlab >= 15.6.0, < 19.0.6`
- `gitlab >= 19.1.0, < 19.1.4`
- `gitlab >= 19.2.0, < 19.2.2`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `gitlab 19.2.2`