cve-2021-39896
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-10-04 16:44
Modified
2024-08-04 02:20
Severity
Summary
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.
Impacted products
VendorProduct
GitLabGitLab
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