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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-0093
CVE-2022-0093:
GitLab vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
An issue was discovered affecting GitLab versions prior to 14.4.5, between 14.5.0 and 14.5.3, and between 14.6.0 and 14.6.1. GitLab allows a user with an expired password to access sensitive information through RSS feeds (GitLab Release, NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 3.5 LOW (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N) by GitLab Inc. The issue allows users with expired passwords to continue accessing sensitive information through RSS feeds, bypassing the normal password expiration restrictions (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows users whose passwords have expired to maintain access to sensitive information through RSS feeds in internal and private projects, which should normally be inaccessible until the password is updated (CERT-EU).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in GitLab versions 14.6.2, 14.5.3, and 14.4.5. Users are strongly recommended to upgrade to these versions or later to address this security issue (GitLab Release).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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