CVE-2021-39899
LOWGitLab < 14.1.7 - Weak Password Recovery Mechanism via Brute Force Attack
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Broken Link x_refsource_misc
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/339154
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39899.json
Scores
CVSS v3
2.9
EPSS
0.0025
EPSS Percentile
15.9%
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-640
Status
published
Products (1)
gitlab/gitlab
1.0.0 - 14.1.7 (2 CPE variants)
Published
Oct 04, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026