CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-39872

Improper Authentication

Published: Oct 05, 2021 | Modified: Oct 12, 2021
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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

In all versions of GitLab CE/EE since version 14.1, an improper access control vulnerability allows users with expired password to still access GitLab through git and API through access tokens acquired before password expiration.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Gitlab Gitlab 14.1.0 (including) 14.1.7 (excluding)
Gitlab Gitlab 14.2.0 (including) 14.2.5 (excluding)
Gitlab Gitlab 4.3.0 (including) 4.3.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References