High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Dec 13, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-39944
CVE-2021-39944
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 11.0 before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2. A permissions validation flaw allowed group members with a developer role to elevate their privilege to a maintainer on projects they import
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Affected products
4- Range: <14.3.6, <14.4.4, <14.5.2
<14.3.6, <14.4.4, <14.5.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <14.3.6, <14.4.4, <14.5.2
- (no CPE)range: >=11.0, <14.3.6
Patches
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References
3- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39944.jsonnvdThird Party Advisory
- hackerone.com/reports/1256017nvdPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/336531nvdBroken Link
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