UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39908

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39908

    Published: 1 Apr 2022Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-39908

    Summary:

    Details: In all versions of GitLab CE/EE starting from 0.8.0 before 14.2.6, all versions starting from 14.3 before 14.3.4, and all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.1 certain Unicode characters can be abused to commit malicious code into projects without being noticed in merge request or source code viewer UI.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-39908, https://hackerone.com/reports/1280077, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39908.json, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/337193, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-39908

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gitlab

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-5?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    8.4.3+dfsg-9
    8.4.3+dfsg-12

    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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