A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.6.4/17.7.3/17.8.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Internal Project Handler. The manipulation leads to incorrect authorization.

The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-1540. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.