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CVE-2021-22205

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.

Published

2021-04-23T18:15:08.167

Last Modified

2025-10-24T14:46:35.853

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 10.0 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-94
Type: Secondary
CWE-94

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gitlab	gitlab	< 13.8.8	Yes
Application	gitlab	gitlab	< 13.8.8	Yes
Application	gitlab	gitlab	< 13.9.6	Yes
Application	gitlab	gitlab	< 13.9.6	Yes
Application	gitlab	gitlab	< 13.10.3	Yes
Application	gitlab	gitlab	< 13.10.3	Yes

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164768/GitLab-Unauthenticated-Remote-ExifTool-Command-Injection.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164994/GitLab-13.10.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22205.json Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/327121 Broken Link ([email protected])
https://hackerone.com/reports/1154542 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164768/GitLab-Unauthenticated-Remote-ExifTool-Command-Injection.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164994/GitLab-13.10.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22205.json Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/327121 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://hackerone.com/reports/1154542 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-22205 US Government Resource (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)