CVE-2021-39946 HIGH

CVE-2021-39946

Vendor Gitlab
Product GitLab
Published January 18, 2022
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

8.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper neutralization of user input in GitLab CE/EE versions 14.3 to 14.3.6, 14.4 to 14.4.4, and 14.5 to 14.5.2 allowed an attacker to exploit XSS by abusing the generation of the HTML code related to emojis

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 18, 2022 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated