#VU57929 Input validation error in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2021-39908

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#VU57929 Input validation error in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2021-39908

Published: November 4, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU57929
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-39908
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Software vendor:
GitLab, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote authenticated attacker can abuse certain Unicode characters to commit malicious code into projects without being noticed in merge request or source code viewer UI.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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