CVE-2021-39866
MEDIUM
5.4
CVSS Score
Published: October 5, 2021 at 12:35 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:04 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGitLab
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Severity
MEDIUM5.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%
Description
A business logic error in the project deletion process in GitLab 13.6 and later allows persistent access via project access tokens.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 14.1.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.2.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39866.jsonx_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/333175CVSS
5.4MEDIUMGitLab
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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