CVE-2021-22205

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    CVE-2021-22205

    Published: 23 Apr 2021Last Modified: 27 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-22205, 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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 2f3536bdda88ae962d4f67ced68af6efd82254f1
    Fixed -5760c3c5919f911376a44fe16d674af2af898914

    Affected versions

    v13.10.2-ee
    v13.10.0-ee

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2021-22205 | CVE-DB