CVE-2021-39916
mediumpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.008 · 57 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Lack of an access control check in the External Status Check feature allowed any authenticated user to retrieve the configuration of any External Status Check in GitLab EE starting from 14.1 before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (16)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-0292GitLab: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2021-12-06csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in GitLab ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, Informationen offenzulegen, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen oder einen Denial of Service zu verursachen.
- BIT-gitlab-2021-399162024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Lack of an access control check in the External Status Check feature allowed any authenticated user to retrieve the configuration of any External Status Check in GitLab EE starting from 14.1 before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2.
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references (13)
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- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2021/12/06/security-release-gitlab-14-5-2-released/。Patchcnnvd
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39916.jsoncnnvd
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/343379cnnvd
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1372216cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39916cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.4141cnnvd
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021120905cnnvd
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39916.jsonenisa_euvd
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