CVE-2021-39940

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.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.0 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39940.json	Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/263116	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/997961	Permissions Required Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

History

08 Aug 2023, 14:22

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE	~~NVD-CWE-Other~~	CWE-1333

Information

Published : 2021-12-13 16:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 18:48

NVD link : CVE-2021-39940

Mitre link : CVE-2021-39940

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-39940

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-1333

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

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