CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-22219

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Jun 08, 2021 | Modified: Jul 22, 2022
CVSS 3.x
4.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

All versions of GitLab CE/EE starting from 9.5 before 13.10.5, all versions starting from 13.11 before 13.11.5, and all versions starting from 13.12 before 13.12.2 allow a high privilege user to obtain sensitive information from log files because the sensitive information was not correctly registered for log masking.

Weakness

Information written to log files can be of a sensitive nature and give valuable guidance to an attacker or expose sensitive user information.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Gitlab Gitlab 9.5.0 (including) 13.10.5 (excluding)
Gitlab Gitlab 13.11.0 (including) 13.11.5 (excluding)
Gitlab Gitlab 13.12.0 (including) 13.12.2 (excluding)

Extended Description

While logging all information may be helpful during development stages, it is important that logging levels be set appropriately before a product ships so that sensitive user data and system information are not accidentally exposed to potential attackers. Different log files may be produced and stored for:

Potential Mitigations

References