Is CVE-2025-9957 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-9957 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2026-04-23.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-9957?

CVE-2025-9957 has a CVSS score of 2.7 (LOW severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2025-9957?

Patch guidance is available from gitlab security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2025-9957.

CVE-2025-9957 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2025-9957?

6 products: gitlab gitlab, gitlab gitlab, gitlab gitlab, gitlab gitlab, gitlab gitlab, and 1 more.

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.2 before 18.9.6, 18.10 before 18.10.4, and 18.11 before 18.11.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with project owner permissions to bypass group fork prevention settings due to improper authorization checks.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: high
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: low
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization

Metadata

Primary Vendor: GITLAB
Published: 4/22/2026
Last Modified: 4/23/2026
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

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Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD