CVE-2021-39891 — Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in Gitlab

CWE-212 — Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or TransferCWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization5 documents5 sources
Severity
4.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
GitlabDebian GitlabGitlab CE
Timeline
PublishedOct 5
Latest updateMay 24

Description

In all versions of GitLab CE/EE since version 8.0, access tokens created as part of admin's impersonation of a user are not cleared at the end of impersonation which may lead to unnecessary sensitive info disclosure.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

▶NVDgitlab/gitlab8.0.0 — 14.1.7+2
▶debiandebian/gitlab< gitlab 15.10.8+ds1-2 (sid)
▶CVEListV5gitlab/gitlab>=14.2, <14.2.5, >=14.3, <14.3.1, >=8.0, <14.1.7+2
▶gitlabgitlab/gitlab

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-xq89-553h-3j4m: In all versions of GitLab CE/EE since version 8↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2021-39891: In all versions of GitLab CE/EE since version 8↗2021-10-05
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📋Vendor Advisories

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GitLab
CVE-2021-39891: In all versions of GitLab CE/EE since version 8.0, access tokens created as part of admin's impersonation of a user are not cleared at the end of impe↗2021-10-05
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Debian
CVE-2021-39891: gitlab - In all versions of GitLab CE/EE since version 8.0, access tokens created as part...↗2021
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