Vulnerability

CVE-2021-39913

Medium· 4.4CVSS4.4EPSS0%

.rules3/5

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 fi

Threat signal

50/100

Elevated

Severity

medium

CVSS

4.4

EPSS

Active

CVSS

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4.4/ 10MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack VectorLocalRequires local access — shell, console, or local app.
Attack ComplexityLowNo special conditions — exploit works reliably.
Privileges RequiredHighAdmin / root privileges required.
User InteractionNoneFully automated — no victim action needed.
ScopeUnchangedImpact contained to the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality ImpactHighTotal disclosure of sensitive data.
Integrity ImpactNoneNo integrity impact.
Availability ImpactNoneNo availability impact.

EPSS

Exploit prediction · 30-day horizonFIRST.org →

0.06%

probability of exploitation in next 30 days

p19

higher than 19% of all CVEs

Low exploitation likelihood — defer if no other signals fire.

Vendor VEX

No VEX statements published for CVE-2021-39913. Vendors publish VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange) to assert per-product whether a CVE is actually exploitable in their distribution.

SSVCDefer

No exploitation, limited impact or prevalence

exploitation: none
automatable: no
impact: partial
mission: support

Lifecycle

2021-11-05Published
2026-06-12Last modified1 source

References

No source-event history recorded yet. New revisions will appear here as ingestors re-fetch this CVE.