CVE-2021-39938

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A vulnerable regular expression pattern in GitLab CE/EE since version 8.15 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 an attacker to cause uncontrolled resource consumption leading to Denial of Service via specially crafted deploy Slash commands

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 13, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-39938: Medium severity, CVSS 6.5 | Vulnix