CVE-2021-39943

Publication date 9 February 2022

Last updated 1 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gitlab	23.10 mantic	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected

Notes

alexmurray

Only affects GitLab Enterprise Edition so gitlab in Ubuntu is not-affected.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	4.3 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-39943