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medium 4.3

CVE-2021-39943 json

An authorization logic error in the External Status Check API in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 14.1 before 14.3.6, all ver…

published 4y ago modified 2mo ago also BIT-gitlab-2021-39943 , EUVD-2021-26299

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An authorization logic error in the External Status Check API in GitLab EE affecting all versions 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, allowed a user to update the status of the check via an API call

Patch / fix

  • bitnami gitlab 14.3.6, 14.4.4, 14.5.2
  • gitlab gitlab 14.3.6, 14.4.4, 14.5.2
  • gitlab gitlab_enterprise 14.3.6, 14.4.4, 14.5.2

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2021-39943 updated cvss 4.3

gitlab: An authorization logic error in the External Status Check API in GitLab EE

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift4/ose-console
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
OSV 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami gitlab
>=14.1.0, <14.3.6
>=14.4.0, <14.4.4
>=14.5.0, <14.5.2
14.3.6
14.4.4
14.5.2

Affected products

  • GitLab GitLab

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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