Accidental logging of system root password in the migration log in all versions of GitLab CE/EE before 14.2.6, all versions starting from 14.3 before 14.3.4, and all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.1 allows an attacker with local file system access to obtain system root-level privileges

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-26269 Accidental logging of system root password in the migration log in all versions of GitLab CE/EE before 14.2.6, all versions starting from 14.3 before 14.3.4, and all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.1 allows an attacker with local file system access to obtain system root-level privileges
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Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:14.4.0:*:*:*:*:community:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:14.4.0:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:20:33.764Z

Reserved: 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-39913

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-05T00:15:11.373

Modified: 2026-06-12T14:34:00.577

Link: CVE-2021-39913

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