CVE-2021-22249 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A verbose error message in GitLab EE affecting all versions since 12.2 could disclose the private email address of a user invited to a group

Published: 2021-08-23

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

GitLab

GitLab

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`>=12.2, <13.12.9`	affected	—
`>=14.0, <14.0.7`	affected	—
`>=14.1, <14.1.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-9395	A verbose error message in GitLab EE affecting all versions since 12.2 could disclose the private email address of a user invited to a group

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00974.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22249.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/331857
https://hackerone.com/reports/1204320

History

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Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published: 2021-08-23T19:53:20.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T18:37:18.281Z

Reserved: 2021-01-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-22249

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-23T20:15:12.603

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:36:53.053

Link: CVE-2021-22249

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-209
Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

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