VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-39914
A regular expression denial of service issue in GitLab versions 8.13 to 14.2.5, 14.3.0 to 14.3.3 and 14.4.0 could cause excessive usage of resources when a specially crafted username was used when provisioning a new user
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.07%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.07%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A regular expression denial of service issue in GitLab versions 8.13 to 14.2.5, 14.3.0 to 14.3.3 and 14.4.0 could cause excessive usage of resources when a specially crafted username was used when provisioning a new user
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- EPSS
- 1.07% probability · 63th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- gitlab/gitlab
- Source
- cve@gitlab.com
References
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39914.jsonVendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/289948Broken Link
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39914.jsonVendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/289948Broken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.