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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-39941

An information disclosure vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE versions 12.0 to 14.3.6, 14.4 to 14.4.4, and 14.5 to 14.5.2 allowed non-project members to see the default branch name for projects that restrict access to the repository to project members

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1 Nov 2026, 06:13 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-39941

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 Dec 2021, 16:15 UTC

An information disclosure vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE versions 12.0 to 14.3.6, 14.4 to 14.4.4, and 14.5 to 14.5.2 allowed non-project members to see the default branch name for projects that restrict access to the repository to project members

osv:CVE-2021-39941
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-39941",
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      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:40.533900818Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39941.json",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/33864",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 434082,
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}