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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-39866

A business logic error in the project deletion process in GitLab 13.6 and later allows persistent access via project access tokens.

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1 Nov 2026, 07:39 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-39866

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Oct 2021, 13:15 UTC

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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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-39866",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2021-39866",
    "summary": "A business logic error in the project deletion process in GitLab 13.6 and later allows persistent access via project access tokens.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-39866",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2021-39866",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:39.183539621Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39866.json",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/333175",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 438643,
  "published_at": "2021-10-05T13:15:07.92+00:00"
}