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low 3.1

CVE-2021-22254 json

Under very specific conditions a user could be impersonated using Gitlab shell.

published 5y ago modified 2mo ago also BIT-gitlab-2021-22254 , EUVD-2021-9400

cvss
3.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Under very specific conditions a user could be impersonated using Gitlab shell. This vulnerability affects GitLab CE/EE 13.1 and later through 14.1.2, 14.0.7 and 13.12.9.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami gitlab 13.12.9, 14.0.7, 14.1.2
  • gitlab gitlab 13.12.9, 14.0.7, 14.1.2
  • gitlab gitlab_enterprise 13.12.9, 14.0.7, 14.1.2

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Exploit prediction

0.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
OSV 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami gitlab
>=13.1.0, <13.12.9
>=14.0.0, <14.0.7
>=14.1.0, <14.1.2
13.12.9
14.0.7
14.1.2

Affected products

  • GitLab GitLab

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
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References

Sources

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