Security advisory

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  "id": "4735071cb5f130d2bf49c169f6c4c4cefa1d776381b08039249bff2bad1b6909",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-39939",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-39939",
    "summary": "An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in GitLab Runner affecting all versions starting from 13.7 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 triggering a job with a specially crafted docker image to exhaust resources on runner manager",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-39939",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2021-39939",
        "CVE-2021-39939"
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
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      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab",
              "type": "GIT",
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                {
                  "fixed": "057790c613dea428aa523357c333ced5433794ee"
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                {
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                        "fixed": "14.4.4"
                      }
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*",
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                        "introduced": "14.5.0"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "14.5.2"
                      }
                    ],
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                  },
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                        "fixed": "14.5.2"
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "v14.5.1-ee",
            "v14.4.3-ee",
            "v14.5.0-ee",
            "v14.4.2-ee",
            "v14.4.0-ee"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-39939.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:16.236393587Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39939.json",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/issues/28630"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
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    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2021-39939",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 431151,
  "published_at": "2021-12-13T16:15:09.617+00:00"
}