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CVE-2021-22205

🔥 Known Exploited (CISA KEV)CRITICAL
10.0
CVSS Severity Score
EPSS Score41.9750%
EPSS Percentile94.91th
Published2021-04-23
Last Modified2025-10-24
Data SourcesNVDCISA KEVFIRST.org EPSS

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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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Gitlab

Gitlab

>= 11.9.0 and < 13.8.8>= 13.9.0 and < 13.9.6>= 13.10.0 and < 13.10.3

References & Advisories

🔗 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
🔗 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
🔗 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22205.json

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