CVE-2021-39945

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    CVE-2021-39945

    Published: 13 Dec 2021Last Modified: 27 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Improper access control in the GitLab CE/EE API affecting all versions starting from 9.4 before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2, allows an author of a Merge Request to approve the Merge Request even after having their project access revoked

    References: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39945.json, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/331675, https://hackerone.com/reports/1198317

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 1cfb4f1bd87be2a38c61dbe78f10c351449ab8b4
    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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