CVE-2021-39937

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% 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-269

Description

A collision in access memoization logic in all versions of GitLab CE/EE before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2, leads to potential elevated privileges in groups and projects under rare circumstances

Affected products

GitLab: 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-2021-39937.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/336802
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39937.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/336802

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