CVE-2021-39945: GitLab

Low severity, CVSS 2.7. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• GitLab GitLab: from 9.4.0, before 14.3.6 (fixed in 14.3.6); from 14.4.0, before 14.4.4 (fixed in 14.4.4); from 14.5.0, before 14.5.2 (fixed in 14.5.2)

Published 2021-12-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.