CVE-2021-39932 (GCVE-0-2021-39932)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-13 15:47 – Updated: 2024-08-04 02:20
VLAI
Summary
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. Using large payloads, the diff feature could be used to trigger high load time for users reviewing code changes.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • Uncontrolled resource consumption in GitLab
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: >=12.10, <14.3.6
Affected: >=14.4, <14.4.4
Affected: >=14.5, <14.5.2
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This vulnerability has been discovered internally by the GitLab team.
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