CVE-2021-39931

low-risk
Published 2021-12-13

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 8.11 before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2. Under specific condition an unauthorised project member was allowed to delete a protected branches due to a business logic error.

Do I need to act?

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0.25% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 3.1/10 Low
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Gitlab

References (6)

Vendor Advisory https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39931.json
Broken Link https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/340445
Permissions Required https://hackerone.com/reports/1318379
Vendor Advisory https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39931.json
Broken Link https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/340445
Permissions Required https://hackerone.com/reports/1318379
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low-risk
Severity 11/34 · Low
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low