Vulnerability · Published Dec 13, 2021 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2021-39944

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-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 61% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 38.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitLab	GitLab	>=11.0, <14.3.6>=14.4, <14.4.4>=14.5, <14.5.2

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/336531 x_refsource_MISC
https://hackerone.com/reports/1256017 x_refsource_MISC
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39944.json x_refsource_CONFIRM