CVE-2021-22205
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-04-23 17:39
Modified
2024-08-03 18:37
Severity ?
10.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
cve@gitlab.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164768/GitLab-Unauthenticated-Remote-ExifTool-Command-Injection.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@gitlab.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164994/GitLab-13.10.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22205.jsonVendor Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/327121Broken Link
cve@gitlab.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/1154542Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
GitLabGitLab
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2021-11-03

Due date: 2021-11-17

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22205

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