CVE-2021-39944

HIGH

GitLab 11.0-14.3.5, 14.4-14.4.3, 14.5-14.5.1 - Privilege Escalation via Project Import

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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. A permissions validation flaw allowed group members with a developer role to elevate their privilege to a maintainer on projects they import

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://hackerone.com/reports/1256017

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 38.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (1)
gitlab/gitlab 11.0.0 - 14.3.6 (2 CPE variants)
Published Dec 13, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026