CVE-2021-39891
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-10-05 13:38
Modified
2024-08-04 02:20
Summary
In all versions of GitLab CE/EE since version 8.0, access tokens created as part of admin's impersonation of a user are not cleared at the end of impersonation which may lead to unnecessary sensitive info disclosure.
Impacted products
GitLabGitLab
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