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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-4191

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting versions 13.0 to 14.6.5, 14.7 to 14.7.4, and 14.8 to 14.8.2. Private GitLab instances with restricted sign-ups may be vulnerable to user enumeration to unauthenticated users through the GraphQL API.

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CVE-2021-4191
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1 Nov 2026, 05:51 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-4191

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Mar 2022, 19:15 UTC

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting versions 13.0 to 14.6.5, 14.7 to 14.7.4, and 14.8 to 14.8.2. Private GitLab instances with restricted sign-ups may be vulnerable to user enumeration to unauthenticated users through the GraphQL API.

osv:CVE-2021-4191
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-4191",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2021-4191",
    "summary": "An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting versions 13.0 to 14.6.5, 14.7 to 14.7.4, and 14.8 to 14.8.2. Private GitLab instances with restricted sign-ups may be vulnerable to user enumeration to unauthenticated users through the GraphQL API.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-4191",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2021-4191",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
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          "versions": [
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:49.623830717Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-4191.json",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/343898",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/1089609"
      ],
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433322,
  "published_at": "2022-03-28T19:15:08.093+00:00"
}