CVE-2021-22252 (GCVE-0-2021-22252)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-23 19:36 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:37
VLAI
Summary
A confusion between tag and branch names in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions since 13.7 allowed a Developer to access protected CI variables which should only be accessible to Maintainers
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Incorrect ownership assignment in GitLab
Assigner
GitLab CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 75/100 over 339 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GitLab GitLab Affected: >=13.7, <13.12.9
Affected: >=14.0, <14.0.7
Affected: >=14.1, <14.1.2
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Credits
Thanks @rodrigopetter for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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