CVE-2021-39899 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2021-39899

In all versions of GitLab CE/EE, an attacker with physical...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • This vulnerability was discovered internally by the GitLab team.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

GitLab
Vulnerable Versions:
>=1.0, <14.1.7, >=14.2, <14.2.5, >=14.3, <14.3.1

Timeline

Official Publish: October 4th, 2021
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.