Is CVE-2025-2242 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-2242 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-2242?

CVE-2025-2242 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-2242?

CVE-2025-2242 has an EPSS score of 0.34% (26th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-2242

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An improper access control vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.4 prior to 17.8.6, 17.9 prior to 17.9.3, and 17.10 prior to 17.10.1 allows a user who was an instance admin before but has since been downgraded to a regular user to continue to maintain elevated privileges to groups and projects.

CWE-863

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.34%probability of exploitation in 30 days

26thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 26% of all known CVEs.

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/516271

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-08-13.