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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-39932

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. Using large payloads, the diff feature could be used to trigger high load time for users reviewing code changes.

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CVE-2021-39932
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1 Nov 2026, 06:24 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-39932

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 Dec 2021, 16:15 UTC

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. Using large payloads, the diff feature could be used to trigger high load time for users reviewing code changes.

osv:CVE-2021-39932
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-39932",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-39932",
    "summary": "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. Using large payloads, the diff feature could be used to trigger high load time for users reviewing code changes.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-39932",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2021-39932",
        "CVE-2021-39932"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
        }
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                  },
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*",
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                      }
                    ],
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                  },
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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": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:16.097903234Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39932.json",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/217360"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-39932",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 434542,
  "published_at": "2021-12-13T16:15:09.193+00:00"
}