Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-39897

Low

Published: 05 November 2021

Published
05 November 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 2.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0029 52.7th percentile
Risk Priority 5 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-39897 is a low-severity Improper Preservation of Permissions (CWE-281) vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab. Its CVSS base score is 2.6 (Low).

Operationally, ranked in the top 47.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper access control in GitLab CE/EE version 10.5 and above allowed subgroup members with inherited access to a project from a parent group to still have access even after the subgroup is transferred

CWE(s)
CWE-281

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

gitlab
gitlab
13.0.0 · 12.9.0 — 12.9.8 · 12.9.0 — 12.9.8 · 12.10.0 — 12.10.7

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

PS-5 Personnel Transfer
addresses: CWE-281

Forces removal or modification of permissions no longer required after reassignment, preventing improper preservation of old access rights.

References