GitLab 13.7 < 13.9.7 / 13.10 < 13.10.4 / 13.11 < 13.11.2 (CVE-2021-22211)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 187510

Synopsis

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability, as follows:

- An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 13.7. GitLab Dependency Proxy, under certain circumstances, can impersonate a user resulting in possibly incorrect access handling. (CVE-2021-22211)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to GitLab version 13.9.7, 13.10.4, 13.11.2 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?32dabcf1

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/298847

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 187510

File Name: gitlab_cve-2021-22211.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 1/3/2024

Updated: 5/17/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22211

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:gitlab:gitlab

Required KB Items: installed_sw/GitLab

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/28/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-22211