CVE-2021-39877

7.7 HIGH

A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab starting with version 12.2 that allows an attacker to cause uncontrolled resource consumption wi...

Published: 2021-10-04 · Last updated: 2026-06-17

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 7.7 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE: CWE-400

Affected products

Vendor	Product
gitlab	gitlab

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab starting with version 12.2 that allows an attacker to cause uncontrolled resource consumption with a specially crafted file.

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39877
[Vendor advisory]https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39877.json
[Other]https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/300095
[Other]https://hackerone.com/reports/1077021
[Vendor advisory]https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39877.json
[Other]https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/300095
[Other]https://hackerone.com/reports/1077021

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