CVE-2021-39872

6.5 mediumEPSS 1.0%

Medium (6.5) in gitlab gitlab. EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In all versions of GitLab CE/EE since version 14.1, an improper access control vulnerability allows users with expired password to still access GitLab through git and API through access tokens acquired before password expiration.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 62% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-287
Published: 2021-10-05
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

gitlab:gitlab

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39872.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/337954
https://hackerone.com/reports/1285226
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39872.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/337954

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