Improper access control in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2021-39915

 

Improper access control in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2021-39915

Published: December 9, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU58756
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-39915
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. A remote attacker can bypass implemented security restrictions and see the names of project access tokens on arbitrary projects.


Affected software

Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Arch Linux

How to mitigate CVE-2021-39915

Install updates from vendor's website.

Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 14.3.6, 14.4.4, 14.5.2
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 14.3.6, 14.4.4, 14.5.2

External References

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