UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39908

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-39908
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39908.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39908
Related
Published
2022-04-01T23:15:00Z
Modified
2025-06-02T17:13:04Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In all versions of GitLab CE/EE starting from 0.8.0 before 14.2.6, all versions starting from 14.3 before 14.3.4, and all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.1 certain Unicode characters can be abused to commit malicious code into projects without being noticed in merge request or source code viewer UI.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / gitlab

Package

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

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}