Low severity2.9NVD Advisory· Published Oct 4, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-39899
CVE-2021-39899
Description
In all versions of GitLab CE/EE, an attacker with physical access to a user’s machine may brute force the user’s 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.
Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*range: >=1.0.0,<14.1.7
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*range: >=1.0.0,<14.1.7
- (no CPE)range: >=1.0, <14.1.7
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39899.jsonnvdVendor Advisory
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/339154nvdBroken Link
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