CVE-2021-22237
Under specialized conditions, GitLab may allow a user with an impersonation token to perform Git actions even if impersonation is disabled.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.84%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Under specialized conditions, GitLab may allow a user with an impersonation token to perform Git actions even if impersonation is disabled. This vulnerability is present in GitLab CE/EE versions before 13.12.9, 14.0.7, 14.1.2
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.84% probability · 58th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-384
- Affected
- gitlab/gitlab
- Source
- cve@gitlab.com
EPSS 0.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22237.jsonVendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/297516Broken Link
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22237.jsonVendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/297516Broken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.