{"id":"CVE-2021-22226","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-22226","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:29:04.150Z","title":"Under certain conditions, some users were able to push to protected branches that were restricted to deploy keys in GitLab CE/EE since version 13.9","description":"Under certain conditions, some users were able to push to protected branches that were restricted to deploy keys in GitLab CE/EE since version 13.9","published":"2021-07-06T21:15:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:36:51.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@gitlab.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["gitlab/gitlab"],"epss":{"score":0.00922,"percentile":0.60076,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.92%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22226.json","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@gitlab.com"},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/326684","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@gitlab.com"},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22226.json","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/326684","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22226","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."}