{ "data_type": "CVE", "data_format": "MITRE", "data_version": "4.0", "CVE_data_meta": { "ID": "CVE-2021-39899", "ASSIGNER": "cve@gitlab.com", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "vendor_name": "GitLab", "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "GitLab", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": ">=1.0, <14.1.7" }, { "version_value": ">=14.2, <14.2.5" }, { "version_value": ">=14.3, <14.3.1" } ] } } ] } } ] } }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "Improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts in GitLab" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/339154", "url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/339154", "refsource": "MISC" }, { "name": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39899.json", "url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39899.json", "refsource": "CONFIRM" } ] }, "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "In all versions of GitLab CE/EE, an attacker with physical access to a user\u2019s machine may brute force the user\u2019s 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." } ] }, "impact": { "cvss": { "vectorString": "AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N", "attackComplexity": "HIGH", "attackVector": "PHYSICAL", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "confidentialityImpact": "LOW", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 2.9, "baseSeverity": "LOW" } }, "credit": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "This vulnerability was discovered internally by the GitLab team." } ] }