CVE-2021-39877

Published: 4 October 2021

A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab starting with version 12.2 that allows an attacker to cause uncontrolled resource consumption with a specially crafted file.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
gitlab Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needed

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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