CVE-2021-39896 (GCVE-0-2021-39896)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-04 16:44 – Updated: 2024-08-04 02:20
VLAI?
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.
Severity ?
CWE
- Improper access control in GitLab
Assigner
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Impacted products
Credits
This vulnerability was reported to GitLab by a customer.
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