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CVE-2021-22205

GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

GitHub Community and Enterprise Editions that utilize the ability to upload images through GitLab Workhorse are vulnerable to remote code execution. Workhorse passes image file extensions through ExifTool, which improperly validates the image files.

CVE evidence

Known exploitation

Listed in CISA KEV

Absence from the fetched catalog does not establish that exploitation has not occurred.

Severity

critical

CVSS 10.0 ยท CVSS_V3

Affected packages

0

Supported package records returned by OSV. Vendor and product names are not used to infer matches.

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Catalog record

Vendor / project
GitLab
Product
Community and Enterprise Editions
Date added
Nov 3, 2021
CISA federal remediation due date
Nov 17, 2021
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Known ransomware campaign use
Known
CWE
CWE-20, CWE-95

OSV package mapping

Affected open-source packages

OSV did not return a package mapping in the five supported ecosystems. RequestGuard does not infer package names from the CISA vendor or product fields.