CVE-2021-39896
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-10-04 16:44
Modified
2024-08-04 02:20
Severity ?
3.8 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
In all versions of GitLab CE/EE since version 8.0, when an admin uses the impersonate feature twice and stops impersonating, the admin may be logged in as the second user they impersonated, which may lead to repudiation issues.
References
cve@gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39896.jsonVendor Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/339362Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39896.jsonVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/339362Broken Link
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Version: >=8.0, <14.1.7
Version: >=14.2, <14.2.5
Version: >=14.3, <14.3.1
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