Name: CVE-2021-22205: Improper Control of Generation of Code
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2021-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-22205, CWE-20, CWE-95, CWE-94, Exploited in the Wild, CISA KEV Exploit, Rapid7 Critical, Metasploit Module, Used with Ransomware, CVSS 10, EPSS 0.99731, CISA KEV

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 10
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Arch Linux	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux	Jul 11, 2025	Apr 23, 2021
Gitlab	—	Upgrade to Gitlab v13.8.8	Nov 4, 2021	Apr 23, 2021

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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