Medium severity · published Nov 5, 2021
CVE-2021-39913
Accidental logging of system root password in the migration log in all versions of GitLab CE/EE before 14.2.6, all versions starting from 14.3 before 14.3.4, and all versions…
6.7
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Accidental logging of system root password in the migration log in all versions of GitLab CE/EE before 14.2.6, all versions starting from 14.3 before 14.3.4, and all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.1 allows an attacker with local file system access to obtain system root-level privileges
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 21% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
before 14.2.6; before 14.2.6; 14.3.0 before 14.3.4; 14.3.0 before 14.3.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39913
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-39913
Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39913.json
Broken Link
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/28074
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