PT-2021-22759 · Gitlab · Gitlab Ce/Ee+1

Published 2021-11-04 · Updated 2024-03-06 · CVE-2021-39913

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GitLab CE/EE versions prior to 14.2.6 GitLab CE/EE versions 14.3 through 14.3.3 GitLab CE/EE versions 14.4 through 14.4.0

Description The issue involves the accidental logging of the system root password in the migration log. This allows an attacker with local file system access to obtain system root-level privileges.

Recommendations For versions prior to 14.2.6, update to version 14.2.6 or later. For versions 14.3 through 14.3.3, update to version 14.3.4 or later. For versions 14.4 through 14.4.0, update to version 14.4.1 or later.

Fix

Insertion into Log File

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-532

Related Identifiers

BIT-GITLAB-2021-39913

CVE-2021-39913

Affected Products

Gitlab

Gitlab Ce/Ee

References · 9

• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/28074 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-39913 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-39913 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39913 · Security Note
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39913.json · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-39913 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-gitlab-2021-39913 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39913 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/23002 · Telegram Post