CVE-2021-39915

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-12-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-668

Description

Improper access control in the GraphQL API in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 13.0 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 an attacker to see the names of project access tokens on arbitrary projects

Affected products

GitLab: from 13.0.0 before 14.3.6; from 14.4.0 before 14.4.4; from 14.5.0 before 14.5.2 — fixed in 14.3.6, 14.4.4, 14.5.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 14.3.6, 14.4.4, 14.5.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39915.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/340803
https://hackerone.com/reports/1336059
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39915.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/340803
https://hackerone.com/reports/1336059

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