Vulnerability · Published Sep 9, 2021 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2021-22239

Medium 5.0

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in GitLab from GitLab. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.0Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 51.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An unauthorized user was able to insert metadata when creating new issue on GitLab CE/EE 14.0 and later.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitLab	GitLab	>=14.1, <14.1.2>=14.0, <14.0.7

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/336301 x_refsource_MISC
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22239.json x_refsource_CONFIRM