CVE-2021-39896 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00197.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Gitlab Subscribe	Gitlab Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-26252	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39896.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/339362

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published: 2021-10-04T16:44:28

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:20:33.774Z

Reserved: 2021-08-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-39896

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-04T17:15:08.303

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:20:30.010

Link: CVE-2021-39896

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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