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CVE-2021-39866

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.4)—

A business logic error in the project deletion process in GitLab 13.6 and later allows persistent access via project access tokens.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Gitlab — Gitlab

CWEs

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