GitLab 13.2 < 13.6.7 / 13.7 < 13.7.7 / 13.8 < 13.8.4 (CVE-2021-22178)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 197387

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 affecting all versions starting from 13.2. Gitlab was vulnerable to SRRF attack through the Prometheus integration. (CVE-2021-22178)

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 13.6.7, 13.7.7, 13.8.4 or later.

See Also

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/284819

https://hackerone.com/reports/1037411

http://www.nessus.org/u?83041e18

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 197387

File Name: gitlab_cve-2021-22178.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 5/17/2024

Updated: 5/17/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22178

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:gitlab:gitlab

Required KB Items: installed_sw/GitLab

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-22178