CVE-2021-22205

CRITICALCISA KEV

10.0

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score10.0

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published4/23/2021

Last Modified10/24/2025

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorGitLab

ProductCommunity and Enterprise Editions

Vulnerability NameGitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2021-11-03

Remediation Due Date2021-11-17

Ransomware UseKnown

Affected Products

gitlab:gitlab

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-94CWE-94

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164768/GitLab-Unauthenticated-Remote-ExifTool-Command-Injection.html(cve@gitlab.com)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164994/GitLab-13.10.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html(cve@gitlab.com)

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22205.json(cve@gitlab.com)

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/327121(cve@gitlab.com)

https://hackerone.com/reports/1154542(cve@gitlab.com)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164768/GitLab-Unauthenticated-Remote-ExifTool-Command-Injection.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164994/GitLab-13.10.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22205.json(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/327121(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://hackerone.com/reports/1154542(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-22205(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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