Improper access control in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2021-22211

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Improper access control in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2021-22211

Published: May 3, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU52801
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22211
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions in Dependency Proxy. A remote authenticated attacker can impersonate a user with the same ID.


Affected software

Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Arch Linux

How to mitigate CVE-2021-22211

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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