CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-22237

Session Fixation

Published: Aug 25, 2021 | Modified: Aug 31, 2021
CVSS 3.x
4.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Under specialized conditions, GitLab may allow a user with an impersonation token to perform Git actions even if impersonation is disabled. This vulnerability is present in GitLab CE/EE versions before 13.12.9, 14.0.7, 14.1.2

Weakness

Authenticating a user, or otherwise establishing a new user session, without invalidating any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Gitlab Gitlab 13.1.0 (including) 13.12.9 (excluding)
Gitlab Gitlab 14.0.0 (including) 14.0.7 (excluding)
Gitlab Gitlab 14.1.0 (including) 14.1.2 (excluding)

Extended Description

Such a scenario is commonly observed when:

Potential Mitigations

References