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Security advisory
A business logic error in the project deletion process in GitLab 13.6 and later allows persistent access via project access tokens.
- Products
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- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-39866
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
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- 1 Nov 2026, 07:39 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A business logic error in the project deletion process in GitLab 13.6 and later allows persistent access via project access tokens.
osv:CVE-2021-39866
Complete source record
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