Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2021-39867
Published: October 4, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU57013
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-39867
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to DNS Rebinding issue in Gitea importer. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
Affected software
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
How to mitigate CVE-2021-39867
Install updates from vendor's website.
Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 14.1.7, 14.2.5, 14.3.1
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 14.1.7, 14.2.5, 14.3.1
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 14.1.7, 14.2.5, 14.3.1