CVE-2021-22205
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 10 · Code injection · actively exploited (CISA KEV)
10CVSS CRITICAL ● exploited ⚠ ransomware
🔴 Actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities).
⚠ Known use in ransomware campaigns. Added to KEV 2021-11-03. US federal agencies must patch by 2021-11-17.
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)94%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22205.jsonAdvisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22205.jsonAdvisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/327121
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1154542Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164768/GitLab-Unauthenticated-Remote-ExifTool-Command-Injection.htmlAdvisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164994/GitLab-13.10.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlAdvisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164768/GitLab-Unauthenticated-Remote-ExifTool-Command-Injection.htmlAdvisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164994/GitLab-13.10.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlAdvisory