CVE-2021-39944

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    CVE-2021-39944

    Published: 13 Dec 2021Last Modified: 27 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- c6f72ac9a88521257991aa9a0cc6d558126f5bb9
    Fixed -057790c613dea428aa523357c333ced5433794ee

    Affected versions

    v14.5.1-ee
    v14.5.0-ee

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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