CVE-2021-39872

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

In all versions of GitLab CE/EE since version 14.1, an improper access control vulnerability allows users with expired password to still access GitLab through git and API through access tokens acquired before password expiration.

En todas las versiones de GitLab CE/EE desde la versión 14.1, una vulnerabilidad de control de acceso inapropiada permite a usuarios con la contraseña caducada seguir accediendo a GitLab mediante git y de la API mediante tokens de acceso adquiridos antes de la caducidad de la contraseña

*Credits: Thanks @ngalog for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-08-23 CVE Reserved
2021-10-05 CVE Published
2023-08-22 EPSS Updated
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-287: Improper Authentication

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/337954	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39872.json	2021-10-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.7 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 14.1.0 < 14.1.7"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.7 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 14.1.0 < 14.1.7"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 14.2.0 < 14.2.5 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 14.2.0 < 14.2.5"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 14.2.0 < 14.2.5 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 14.2.0 < 14.2.5"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				4.3.0 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version "4.3.0"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				4.3.0 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version "4.3.0"		enterprise		Affected