Security advisory

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  "id": "0755ebfff0987ffbcaa69c8b7758ad9030bb60744215c84790f0a7d9a0c6e957",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-39896",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-39896",
    "summary": "In all versions of GitLab CE/EE since version 8.0, when an admin uses the impersonate feature twice and stops impersonating, the admin may be logged in as the second user they impersonated, which may lead to repudiation issues.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-39896",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "low",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-39896",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2021-39896",
        "CVE-2021-39896"
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab",
              "type": "GIT",
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                },
                {
                  "fixed": "9cd657e5179e339171d27e4573b8f5711db1d824"
                },
                {
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              "database_specific": {
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                        "introduced": "8.0.0"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "14.1.7"
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*",
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                        "introduced": "14.2"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "14.2.5"
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                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
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                        "fixed": "14.2.5"
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                    ],
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                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*",
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                        "introduced": "14.3"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "14.3.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
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                        "fixed": "14.3.1"
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "v14.2.4-ee",
            "v14.3.0-ee",
            "v14.2.3-ee",
            "v14.2.1-ee",
            "v14.2.0-ee"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-39896.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:55.163424985Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39896.json",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/339362"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
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    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2021-39896",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433476,
  "published_at": "2021-10-04T17:15:08.303+00:00"
}