CVE-2021-39896

low-risk
Published 2021-10-04

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.20% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
3
CVSS 3.8/10 Low
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

25
/ 100
low-risk
Severity 17/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low