CVE-2021-39897

Severity Score

5.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Improper access control in GitLab CE/EE version 10.5 and above allowed subgroup members with inherited access to a project from a parent group to still have access even after the subgroup is transferred

Un control de acceso inapropiado en GitLab CE/EE versión 10.5 y superiores, permitía que miembros de un subgrupo con acceso heredado a un proyecto de un grupo padre siguieran teniendo acceso incluso después de que se transfiriera el subgrupo

*Credits: Thanks joaxcar for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-08-23 CVE Reserved
2021-11-04 CVE Published
2024-06-10 EPSS Updated
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-281: Improper Preservation of Permissions

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/341017	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39897.json	2021-11-08

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 12.9.0 < 12.9.8 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 12.9.0 < 12.9.8"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 12.9.0 < 12.9.8 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 12.9.0 < 12.9.8"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 12.10.0 < 12.10.7 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 12.10.0 < 12.10.7"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 12.10.0 < 12.10.7 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 12.10.0 < 12.10.7"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				13.0.0 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version "13.0.0"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				13.0.0 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version "13.0.0"		enterprise		Affected