CVE-2021-39914 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Gitlab

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling5 documents5 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 60.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
GitlabDebian Gitlab
Timeline
PublishedNov 4
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A regular expression denial of service issue in GitLab versions 8.13 to 14.2.5, 14.3.0 to 14.3.3 and 14.4.0 could cause excessive usage of resources when a specially crafted username was used when provisioning a new user

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDgitlab/gitlab8.13.0 — 14.2.6+2
▶debiandebian/gitlab< gitlab 15.10.8+ds1-2 (sid)
▶CVEListV5gitlab/gitlab>=14.3.0, <14.3.4, >=14.4.0, <14.4.1, >=8.13, <14.2.6+2
▶gitlabgitlab/gitlab

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-wvgj-pjc7-8fc4: A regular expression denial of service issue in GitLab versions 8↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2021-39914: A regular expression denial of service issue in GitLab versions 8↗2021-11-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

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GitLab
CVE-2021-39914: A regular expression denial of service issue in GitLab versions 8.13 to 14.2.5, 14.3.0 to 14.3.3 and 14.4.0 could cause excessive usage of resources w↗2021-11-04
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Debian
CVE-2021-39914: gitlab - A regular expression denial of service issue in GitLab versions 8.13 to 14.2.5, ...↗2021
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