CVE-2021-39940
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-12-13 15:47
Modified
2024-08-04 02:20
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 13.2 before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2. GitLab Maven Package registry is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when a specifically crafted string is sent.
References
cve@gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39940.jsonThird Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/263116Broken Link
cve@gitlab.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/997961Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
GitLabGitLab
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