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CVE-2021-39944

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.1)—

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 11.0 before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2. A permissions validation flaw allowed group members with a developer role to elevate their privilege to a maintainer on projects they import

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Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

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