CVE-2021-22205

As of 2025-10-24, CVE-2021-22205 is a CVSS 10 (CRITICAL-severity) vulnerability. CISA KEV-listed (known exploited). EPSS exploitation probability 94.5%. Threadlinqs Intelligence tracks 2 threats exploiting it.

Last updated: 2025-10-24

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 vulnerability.

CVSS v3 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-94

Exploitation status

CISA KEV-listed (known exploited)

Threats tracking this CVE

• Fodcha — Cross-Architecture DDoS Botnet Spreading via N-Day Exploits (CVE-2021-22205, CVE-2021-35394) and Telnet/SSH Brute-Force, Later Adding Ransom DDoS — HIGH
• APT35 (Charming Kitten) GCC Pre-Positioning Cyber Reconnaissance Campaign Enabling Kinetic Targeting — CRITICAL

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164768/GitLab-Unauthenticated-Remote-ExifTool-Command-Injection.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164994/GitLab-13.10.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22205.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/327121
• https://hackerone.com/reports/1154542
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-22205

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