Improper Authentication Affecting gitlab package, versions <15.10.8+ds1-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-GITLAB-1728437
  • published6 Oct 2021
  • disclosed5 Oct 2021

Introduced: 5 Oct 2021

CVE-2021-39872  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable gitlab to version 15.10.8+ds1-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gitlab package and not the gitlab package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1