SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2021-22175

GitLab Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability

KEVCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 53.4%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 11 March 2026). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

When requests to the internal network for webhooks are enabled, a server-side request forgery vulnerability in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 10.5 was possible to exploit for an unauthenticated attacker even on a GitLab instance where registration is disabled

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
53.37% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 18 February 2026 · due 11 March 2026
Weakness
CWE-918
Affected
gitlab/gitlab
Source
cve@gitlab.com

CISA notes

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22175.json ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22175

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.