PT-2021-6600 · Gitlab · Gitlab Ce/Ee+1

Jimenoon · CVE-2021-22249 · Published 2021-08-23 · Updated 2024-03-06

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GitLab EE versions 12.2 and later

Description A verbose error message in GitLab EE could disclose the private email address of a user invited to a group. This issue affects all versions since 12.2 and allows a remote attacker to access confidential data.

Recommendations For GitLab EE versions 12.2 and later, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue to prevent the disclosure of private email addresses. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting error message visibility to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-209

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-01866

BIT-GITLAB-2021-22249

CVE-2021-22249

Affected Products

Gitlab

Gitlab Ce/Ee

References · 15

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-gitlab-2021-22249 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22249 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22249 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-22249 · Vendor Advisory
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22249.json · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-01866 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-22249 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-22249 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-22249 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/19936 · Telegram Post
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/331857 · Note
• https://hackerone.com/reports/1204320 · Note
• https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2021/08/03/security-release-gitlab-14-1-2-released · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/20304 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/27734 · Telegram Post