CVE-2021-22205

critical

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.

References

https://hackerone.com/reports/1154542

https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/earth-lamia-exploits-sql-rce-bugs-asia

https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/china-linked-hackers-exploit-sap-and.html

https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-hacking-group-earth-lamia-targets-multiple-industries/

https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/e/earth-lamia.html

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa24-317a

https://blog.xlab.qianxin.com/catddos-derivative-en/

https://thehackernews.com/2023/12/behind-scenes-of-matveevs-ransomware.html

https://therecord.media/confluence-and-gitlab-servers-targeted-by-new-ransomware-strain

https://www.tenable.com/blog/cisa-top-20-cves-exploited-peoples-republic-of-china-state-sponsored-actors-aa22-279a

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/327121

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

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164994/GitLab-13.10.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164768/GitLab-Unauthenticated-Remote-ExifTool-Command-Injection.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-04-23

Updated: 2025-03-13

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.94479

Detections

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