CVE-2021-22205

GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity: critical
CVSS v3: 10
EPSS percentile: 100%
Known exploited: yes (CISA KEV)
Vendor: GitLab
Product: Community and Enterprise Editions
Published: 2021-11-03
Modified: 2026-08-06

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.

NVD record

Informational only. Not a warranty of security, completeness or fitness for any purpose. Derived from NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS and vendor advisories (CVE Program List v5); those sources change continuously and may be incomplete or incorrect. Verify every remediation against the vendor advisory before acting. Absence of a finding is not evidence that no vulnerability exists. Not endorsed by NVD, CISA, FIRST or any vendor named.

Raw record

{
  "id": "CVE-2021-22205",
  "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.",
  "severity": "critical",
  "cvss": 10,
  "epss": 100,
  "kev": 1,
  "vendor": "GitLab",
  "product": "Community and Enterprise Editions",
  "published": "2021-11-03",
  "modified": "2026-08-06T05:16:35.427",
  "source": "nvd",
  "remediation": [],
  "disclaimer": "Informational only. Not a warranty of security, completeness or fitness for any purpose. Derived from NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS and vendor advisories (CVE Program List v5); those sources change continuously and may be incomplete or incorrect. Verify every remediation against the vendor advisory before acting. Absence of a finding is not evidence that no vulnerability exists. Not endorsed by NVD, CISA, FIRST or any vendor named."
}