{"id":"CVE-2021-22205","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-22205","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T15:10:25.174Z","title":"GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","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.","published":"2021-04-23T18:15:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-06T05:16:35.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cve@gitlab.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":10,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-94"],"affected":["gitlab/gitlab"],"epss":{"score":0.99731,"percentile":0.99953,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2021-11-03","dueDate":"2021-11-17","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Known","notes":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22205"},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2021-11-17","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":50532,"kind":"exploit","title":"GitLab 13.10.2 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Unauthenticated)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50532","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/ruby/webapps/50532.txt","file":"exploits/ruby/webapps/50532.txt","published":"2021-11-17","added":"2021-11-17","updated":"2021-11-17","author":"Jacob Baines","type":"webapps","platform":"ruby","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2021-22205"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 17 November 2021). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164768/GitLab-Unauthenticated-Remote-ExifTool-Command-Injection.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@gitlab.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164994/GitLab-13.10.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@gitlab.com"},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22205.json","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@gitlab.com"},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/327121","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@gitlab.com"},{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/1154542","tags":["Permissions Required","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@gitlab.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164768/GitLab-Unauthenticated-Remote-ExifTool-Command-Injection.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164994/GitLab-13.10.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22205.json","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/327121","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/1154542","tags":["Permissions Required","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-22205","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22205","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}