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CVE-2021-22170 (GCVE-0-2021-22170)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-06 17:35 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:37
VLAI
Summary
Assuming a database breach, nonce reuse issues in GitLab 11.6+ allows an attacker to decrypt some of the database's encrypted content
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Reusing a nonce, key pair in encryption in GitLab
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GitLab GitLab Affected: >=11.6.0, <13.5.6
Affected: >=13.6.0, <13.6.4
Affected: >=13.7.0, <13.7.2
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Credits
This vulnerability has been discovered internally by the GitLab team
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