CVE-2021-39913

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-11-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-532

Description

Accidental logging of system root password in the migration log in all versions of GitLab CE/EE before 14.2.6, all versions starting from 14.3 before 14.3.4, and all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.1 allows an attacker with local file system access to obtain system root-level privileges

Affected products

GitLab: before 14.2.6; from 14.3.0 before 14.3.4 — fixed in 14.2.6, 14.3.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 14.2.6, 14.3.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39913.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/28074
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39913.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/28074

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