CVE-2021-22205An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 11.9.
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CISA lists it as known exploited since Nov 3, 2021; federal agencies had to remediate by Nov 17, 2021, and it is known to be used in ransomware. Treat that date as your deadline.
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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.
- CVSS
- 10.0 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Nov 3, 2021; federal remediation due Nov 17, 2021; known ransomware useApply updates per vendor instructions.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 99.73% (percentile 100)
- Assigned by
- GitLab
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Aug 6, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
GitLab GitLab gitlab:gitlab (from the name) | from 11.9, <13.8.8; from 13.9, <13.9.6; from 13.10, <13.10.3 | CNA record |
gitlab gitlab gitlab:gitlab | from 11.9.0 before 13.8.8; from 11.9.0 before 13.8.8; from 13.9.0 before 13.9.6; from 13.9.0 before 13.9.6; from 13.10.0 before 13.10.3; from 13.10.0 before 13.10.3 | NVD |
References
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1154542x-refsource-misc, permissions-required, third-party-advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/327121x-refsource-misc, broken-link
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22205.jsonx-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164768/GitLab-Unauthenticated-Remote-ExifTool-Command-Injection.htmlx-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164994/GitLab-13.10.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-22205us-government-resource
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