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CVE-2021-39913

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-532 Information Exposure Through Log Files
Publication date:
05/11/2021
Last modified:
12/06/2026

Description

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

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.40 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
4.40
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* 14.2.6 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* 14.2.6 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* 14.3.0 (including) 14.3.4 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* 14.3.0 (including) 14.3.4 (excluding)

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