Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Jan 18, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-39942
CVE-2021-39942
Description
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.
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Affected products
5>=12.0, <14.3.6+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: >=12.0, <14.3.6
- (no CPE)range: 12.0 <= 14.3.6, 14.4 <= 14.4.4, 14.5 <= 14.5.2
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*range: >=12.0,<14.3.6
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*range: >=12.0,<14.3.6
Patches
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References
3- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39942.jsonnvdVendor Advisory
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/297492nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- hackerone.com/reports/1071861nvdPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
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