CVE-2021-39899
GitLab Physical Session Hijack Password Brute Force
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 4, 2021, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 12, 2021, 2:25 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
0.5
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2021-39899.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39899.json | Vendor Advisory |
| https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/339154 | Broken Link |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 12, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39899.json No Types Assigned https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39899.json Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/339154 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/339154 Broken Link Added CWE NIST CWE-640 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.0.0 up to (excluding) 14.1.7 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.0.0 up to (excluding) 14.1.7 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* versions from (including) 14.2 up to (excluding) 14.2.5 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 14.2 up to (excluding) 14.2.5 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* versions from (including) 14.3 up to (excluding) 14.3.1 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 14.3 up to (excluding) 14.3.1
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-39899 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-39899
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.07 }} 0.01%
score
0.32066
percentile