Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-39942

A denial of service vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.0 before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2, allows low-privileged users to bypass file size limits in the NPM package repository to potentially cause denial of service.
Published 2022-01-18 17:15:09
Updated 2022-01-25 16:55:35
Source GitLab Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-39942

EPSS FAQ
0.11%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 44 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2021-39942

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.0
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
8.0
2.9
 NIST
4.3
 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
2.8
1.4
 GitLab Inc.
6.5
 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.8
3.6
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2021-39942

  • The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2021-39942

Products affected by CVE-2021-39942

  • Gitlab » Gitlab » Community Edition
    Versions from including (>=) 12.0 and before (<) 14.3.6
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
    Matching versions
  • Gitlab » Gitlab » Enterprise Edition
    Versions from including (>=) 14.5 and before (<) 14.5.2
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
    Matching versions
  • Gitlab » Gitlab » Enterprise Edition
    Versions from including (>=) 12.0 and before (<) 14.3.6
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
    Matching versions
  • Gitlab » Gitlab » Enterprise Edition
    Versions from including (>=) 14.4 and before (<) 14.4.4
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
    Matching versions
  • Gitlab » Gitlab » Community Edition
    Versions from including (>=) 14.4 and before (<) 14.4.4
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
    Matching versions
  • Gitlab » Gitlab » Community Edition
    Versions from including (>=) 14.5 and before (<) 14.5.2
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
    Matching versions
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