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…

PriorityP430medium6.7CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRHUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.28%

19.7th percentile

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

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	gitlab	< gitlab 15.10.8+ds1-2 (sid)	gitlab 15.10.8+ds1-2 (sid)
gitlab	gitlab	< 14.2.6	14.2.6
gitlab	gitlab	—	—
gitlab	gitlab	—	—
gitlab	gitlab	—	—
gitlab	gitlab	—	—
gitlab	gitlab	>= 14.3.0 < 14.3.4	14.3.4
gitlab	gitlab_ce	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv6.7MEDIUM

vendor_debian4.4MEDIUM

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