{
    "id": "CVE-2021-22205",
    "published": "2021-04-23 18:15:08",
    "last_modified": "2026-08-06 05:16:35",
    "cvss_score": "10.0",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-94",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.99731",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99952",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2021-11-17",
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:27:20",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2021-11-17."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "gitlab",
            "product": "gitlab"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2021-22205",
        "date_added": "2021-11-03",
        "due_date": "2021-11-17",
        "vendor": "GitLab",
        "product": "Community and Enterprise Editions",
        "name": "GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 1
    },
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "50532",
            "title": "GitLab 13.10.2 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Unauthenticated)",
            "date": "2021-11-17",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50532"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}