CVE-2021-22205 KEV EXPLOIT
10.0
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 99.7% (pctl 100)
Patch first
On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2021-11-17.
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 11.9. GitLab was not properly validating image files that were passed to a file parser which resulted in a remote command execution.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 99.73% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-94 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2021-11-17 |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2021-04-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-08-06 |
CISA KEV
| Name | GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2021-11-03 |
| Due | 2021-11-17 |
| Vendor / product | GitLab / Community and Enterprise Editions |
| Ransomware use | known |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| gitlab | gitlab |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | GitLab 13.10.2 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Unauthenticated) | 2021-11-17 |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164768/GitLab-Unauthenticated-Remote-ExifTool-Command-Injection.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164994/GitLab-13.10.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22205.json
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/327121
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1154542
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164768/GitLab-Unauthenticated-Remote-ExifTool-Command-Injection.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164994/GitLab-13.10.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22205.json
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/327121
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1154542
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-22205
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