Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2021-39944

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2021-39944

Published: December 9, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU58753
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-39944
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: GitLab, Inc
Affected software:
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-39944

Install updates from vendor's website.

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