CVE-2021-39899 log

Source
Severity Low
Remote No
Type Insufficient validation
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.
Group Package Affected Fixed Severity Status Ticket
AVG-2431 gitlab 14.3.0-1 14.3.1-1 High Fixed
References
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2021/09/30/security-release-gitlab-14-3-1-released/#lack-of-account-lockout-on-change-password-functionality
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/339154