Vulnerability · Published Oct 4, 2021 · Assigned by GitLab
CVE-2021-39868
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in GitLab from GitLab. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In all versions of GitLab CE/EE since version 8.12, an authenticated low-privileged malicious user may create a project with unlimited repository size by modifying values in a project export.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/24649 x_refsource_MISC
- https://hackerone.com/reports/420258 x_refsource_MISC
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39868.json x_refsource_CONFIRM