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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:Apr 23, 2021
    Last Modified:Oct 24, 2025
    EPS:Apr 23, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.94467
    CVSS Score:10

    CISA Notification

    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.

    Required Action:

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

    Notes:

    No extra notes provided.

    Due Date
    Nov 17, 2021
    1759 days ago
    Alert Date
    Nov 3, 2021
    1773 days ago

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gitlab
    Product
    Gitlab

    Exploits

    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164768/GitLab-Unauthenticated-Remote-ExifTool-Command-Injection.htmlhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164994/GitLab-13.10.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164768/GitLab-Unauthenticated-Remote-ExifTool-Command-Injection.htmlhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164994/GitLab-13.10.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50532https://github.com/Al1ex/CVE-2021-22205https://github.com/c0okB/CVE-2021-22205https://github.com/cc3305/CVE-2021-22205https://github.com/ccordeiro/CVE-2021-22205https://github.com/devdanqtuan/CVE-2021-22205https://github.com/DIVD-NL/GitLab-cve-2021-22205-nsehttps://github.com/faisalfs10x/GitLab-CVE-2021-22205-scannerhttps://github.com/findneo/GitLab-preauth-RCE_CVE-2021-22205https://github.com/hhhotdrink/CVE-2021-22205https://github.com/hh-hunter/cve-2021-22205https://github.com/Hikikan/CVE-2021-22205https://github.com/honypot/CVE-2021-22205https://github.com/inspiringz/CVE-2021-22205https://github.com/K3ysTr0K3R/CVE-2021-22205https://github.com/keven1z/CVE-2021-22205https://github.com/momika233/cve-2021-22205-GitLab-13.10.2---Remote-Code-Execution-RCE-Unauthenticated-https://github.com/mr-r3bot/Gitlab-CVE-2021-22205https://github.com/NukingDragons/gitlab-cve-2021-22205https://github.com/osungjinwoo/CVE-2021-22205-gitlabhttps://github.com/overgrowncarrot1/DejaVu-CVE-2021-22205https://github.com/pizza-power/Golang-CVE-2021-22205-POChttps://github.com/r0eXpeR/CVE-2021-22205https://github.com/runsel/GitLab-CVE-2021-22205-https://github.com/sei-fish/CVE-2021-22205https://github.com/shang159/CVE-2021-22205-getshellhttps://github.com/w0x68y/Gitlab-CVE-2021-22205https://github.com/whwlsfb/CVE-2021-22205https://github.com/XTeam-Wing/CVE-2021-22205https://github.com/ZZ-SOCMAP/CVE-2021-22205

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