CVE-2021-22234

MediumCVSS 6.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 13.11 before 13.11.7, all versions starting from 13.12 before 13.12.8, and all versions starting from 14.0 before 14.0.4. A specially crafted design image allowed attackers to read arbitrary files on the server.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitLab	GitLab	>=14.0, <14.0.4; >=13.12, <13.12.8; >=13.11, <13.11.7

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22234.jsonVendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/335205Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/1212067Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22234.jsonVendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/335205Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/1212067Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 5, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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