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

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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 (CVE-2021-39944)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability, as follows:

  - 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 (CVE-2021-39944)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the b299417a-5725-11ec-a587-001b217b3468 advisory.

  - Improper access control in the GitLab CE/EE API affecting all versions starting from 9.4 before 14.3.6,     all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2, allows an     author of a Merge Request to approve the Merge Request even after having their project access revoked     (CVE-2021-39945)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.6 before 14.3.6, all     versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2. GitLab was     vulnerable to HTML Injection through the Swagger UI feature. (CVE-2021-39910)

  - Improper access control in the GraphQL API in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 13.0     before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before     14.5.2, allows an attacker to see the names of project access tokens on arbitrary projects     (CVE-2021-39915)

  - Lack of an access control check in the External Status Check feature allowed any authenticated user to     retrieve the configuration of any External Status Check in GitLab EE starting from 14.1 before 14.3.6, all     versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2. (CVE-2021-39916)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.9 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 regular     expression related to quick actions features was susceptible to catastrophic backtracking that could cause     a DOS attack. (CVE-2021-39917)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
255522	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-39944	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
187581	GitLab 11.0 < 14.3.6 / 14.4 < 14.4.4 / 14.5 < 14.5.2 (CVE-2021-39944)	Nessus	CGI abuses	Combined	high
156031	FreeBSD : Gitlab -- Multiple Vulnerabilities (b299417a-5725-11ec-a587-001b217b3468)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	Local	high

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