CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-39896
3.8 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-10-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 3.8 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 3.8 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• gitlab gitlab (>= 8.0.0 < 14.1.7)
• gitlab gitlab (>= 14.2 < 14.2.5)
• gitlab gitlab (>= 14.3 < 14.3.1)
References
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39896.json Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/339362 Broken Link
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39896.json Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/339362 Broken Link