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

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.41% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-GITLAB-2312023
  • published 8 Dec 2021
  • disclosed 6 Dec 2021
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Introduced: 6 Dec 2021

CVE-2021-39890 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-287 Open this link 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.

It was possible to bypass 2FA for LDAP users and access some specific pages with Basic Authentication in GitLab 14.1.1 and above.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

Recommended
9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High