CVE-2021-39942 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/297492 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39942.json https://hackerone.com/reports/1071861

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.5