Improper Authorization in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2021-22209

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Improper Authorization in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2021-22209

Published: May 3, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU52797
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22209
CWE-ID: CWE-285
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authorization checks.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected software does not properly validating authorisation tokens. A remote attacker can execute mutations on the target system.


Affected software

Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Arch Linux

How to mitigate CVE-2021-22209

Install updates from vendor's website.

Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 13.9.7, 13.10.4, 13.11.2
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 13.9.7, 13.10.4, 13.11.2

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