CVE-2021-39872: GitLab

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1% 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.

Affected products

• GitLab GitLab: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.7 (fixed in 14.1.7); from 14.2.0, before 14.2.5 (fixed in 14.2.5); version 4.3.0 only

Published 2021-10-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.