Vulnerability in GitLab

CVE-2021-39931

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 8.11 before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2. Under specific condition an unauthorised project member was allowed to delete a protected branches due to a business logic error.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.1 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (56.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 56.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2021-39931: held from 0.009 to 0.009.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • GitLab — versions >=8.11, <14.3.6, >=14.4, <14.4.4, >=14.5, <14.5.2

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-39931?
CVE-2021-39931 is a low-severity vulnerability in GitLab. CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2021-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2021-39931?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.