UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39903

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-39903
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39903.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39903
Upstream
Published
2021-11-04T23:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:50:33Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

In all versions of GitLab CE/EE since version 13.0, a privileged user, through an API call, can change the visibility level of a group or a project to a restricted option even after the instance administrator sets that visibility option as restricted in settings.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / gitlab

Package

Name
gitlab
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gitlab@8.5.8+dfsg-5?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.4.3+dfsg-9
8.4.3+dfsg-12
8.5.8+dfsg-5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gitlab",
            "binary_version": "8.5.8+dfsg-5"
        }
    ]
}