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CVE-2021-22167 (GCVE-0-2021-22167)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-15 15:12 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:37
VLAI
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 12.1. Incorrect headers in specific project page allows attacker to have a temporary read access to the private repository
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Information exposure in GitLab
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GitLab GitLab Affected: >=12.1, <13.5.6
Affected: >=13.6, <13.6.4
Affected: >=13.7, <13.7.2
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Credits
Thanks @anshraj_srivastava for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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