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CVE-2021-39946

Improper neutralization of user input in GitLab CE/EE versions 14.3 to 14.3.6, 14.4 to 14.4.4, and 14.5 to 14.5.2 allowed an attacker to exploit XSS by abusing the generation of the HTML code related to emojis

  • Published: Jan 18, 2022
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2021-39946
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 8.7
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 3.5
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CWEs:

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Software From Fixed in
gitlab / gitlab 14.5 14.5.2
gitlab / gitlab 14.4 14.4.4
gitlab / gitlab 14.3 14.3.6