CVE-2021-39899 (GCVE-0-2021-39899)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-04 16:47 – Updated: 2024-08-04 02:20
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Summary
In all versions of GitLab CE/EE, an attacker with physical access to a user’s machine may brute force the user’s password via the change password function. There is a rate limit in place, but the attack may still be conducted by stealing the session id from the physical compromise of the account and splitting the attack over several IP addresses and passing in the compromised session value from these various locations.
Severity ?
2.9 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts in GitLab
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: >=1.0, <14.1.7
Affected: >=14.2, <14.2.5
Affected: >=14.3, <14.3.1
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This vulnerability was discovered internally by the GitLab team.
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