CVE-2021-22205 — Security Box Score

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CVE-2021-22205CRITICAL

GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS    %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  C  H  H  H   10.0   .9973   100.0   YES

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions           Fixed
  GitLab   >=11.9, <13.8.8 –  —

TIMELINE
  Jan 5   Reserved by GitLab
  Nov 3   Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2021-11-17
  Nov 3   Published (CNA: GitLab)
  Aug 6   EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2021-22205 (GitLab). Public exploit reference added.

CWE-94 · CNA: GitLab · CVSS v3.1 · 6 references · NVD status: Analyzed · KEV due November 17, 2021

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
January 5, 2021	Reserved	Reserved by GitLab
November 3, 2021	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2021-11-17
November 3, 2021	Published	Published (CNA: GitLab)
August 6, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2021-22205 (GitLab). Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
GitLab	GitLab	—	>=11.9, <13.8.8	—

Weaknesses

CWE-94

References (6)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164768/GitLab-Unauthenticated-Remote-ExifTool-Command-Injection.html [Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164994/GitLab-13.10.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html [Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22205.json [Vendor Advisory]
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/327121 [Broken Link]
https://hackerone.com/reports/1154542 [Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-22205 [US Government Resource]

Authoritative record: CVE-2021-22205 at cve.org

Vendors: gitlab

Weaknesses: CWE-94

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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2021-22205 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.