CVE-2021-39893 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in GitLab starting with version 9.1 that allowed parsing files without authorisation.

Published: 2021-10-05

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

GitLab

GitLab

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`>=9.1, <14.1.7`	affected	—
`>=14.2, <14.2.5`	affected	—
`>=14.3, <14.3.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-26249	A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in GitLab starting with version 9.1 that allowed parsing files without authorisation.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01093.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39893.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/340076

History

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Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published: 2021-10-05T12:18:22.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:20:33.763Z

Reserved: 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-39893

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-05T13:15:08.417

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:04:22.563

Link: CVE-2021-39893

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-862
Missing Authorization

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