High severity · published Dec 13, 2021
CVE-2021-39944
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 11.0 before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from…
7.1
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 11.0 before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2. A permissions validation flaw allowed group members with a developer role to elevate their privilege to a maintainer on projects they import
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
11.0.0 before 14.3.6; 11.0.0 before 14.3.6; 14.4.0 before 14.4.4; 14.4.0 before 14.4.4; 14.5.0 before 14.5.2; 14.5.0 before 14.5.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39944
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-39944
Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39944.json
Broken Link
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/336531
Permissions Required
https://hackerone.com/reports/1256017
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