CVE-2021-39918 (GCVE-0-2021-39918)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-13 15:47 – Updated: 2024-08-04 02:20
VLAI
Summary
Incorrect Authorization in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 11.1 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 a user to add comments to a vulnerability which cannot be accessed.
Severity
3.1 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Incorrect authorization in GitLab
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: >=11.1, <14.3.6
Affected: >=14.4, <14.4.4
Affected: >=14.5, <14.5.2
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Credits
Thanks @wi11 for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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