VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-39944
A permissions validation flaw allowed group members with a developer role to elevate their privilege to a maintainer on projects they import
HIGH 7.1EPSS 0.92%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.92%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.92% probability · 58th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- gitlab/gitlab
- Source
- cve@gitlab.com
References
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39944.jsonThird Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/336531Broken Link
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1256017Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39944.jsonThird Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/336531Broken Link
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1256017Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.