CVE-2021-39913 (GCVE-0-2021-39913)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-04 23:08 – Updated: 2024-08-04 02:20
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CWE
- Inclusion of sensitive information in log files in GitLab
Assigner
References
2 references
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|---|---|
| https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/28074 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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