CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-39882

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Oct 05, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

In all versions of GitLab CE/EE, provided a user ID, anonymous users can use a few endpoints to retrieve information about any GitLab user.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Gitlab Gitlab 1.0.0 (including) 14.1.7 (excluding)
Gitlab Gitlab 14.2 (including) 14.2.5 (excluding)
Gitlab Gitlab 4.3.0 (including) 4.3.0 (including)
Gitlab Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Gitlab Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References