Security advisory

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  "id": "eb7f3ae5b029925ed82353d58fecdbcda29bcd81894490841d94351a420c779d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-39914",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-39914",
    "summary": "A regular expression denial of service issue in GitLab versions 8.13 to 14.2.5, 14.3.0 to 14.3.3 and 14.4.0 could cause excessive usage of resources when a specially crafted username was used when provisioning a new user",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-39914",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-39914",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2021-39914",
        "CVE-2021-39914"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "294482f38388542b43b908dcb427759544a7486f"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "9ed95b96a6766af9336048a63a29b678f88a9413"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "dec73e99fddac59c0bf816dc4bffd2a30abae6de"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "3e776d83389c706fb81973736e57ca6a6fb952fc"
                },
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                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "19c719febd74b6edf549bf6a2c0e36bf8f176d56"
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*",
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                      {
                        "introduced": "8.13.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "14.2.6"
                      }
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                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
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                      {
                        "fixed": "14.2.6"
                      }
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                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "14.3.0"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "14.3.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "14.3.0"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "14.3.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:14.4.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "14.4.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "14.4.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:14.4.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "14.4.0"
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                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "14.4.0",
            "v14.3.2-ee",
            "v14.4.0-ee",
            "v14.3.3-ee",
            "v14.3.0-ee"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-39914.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:31:07.226606791Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39914.json",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/289948"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-39914",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 430007,
  "published_at": "2021-11-04T23:15:10.183+00:00"
}