Vulnerability · Published Dec 6, 2021 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2021-22170

Medium 6.2

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 46% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.2Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 53.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Assuming a database breach, nonce reuse issues in GitLab 11.6+ allows an attacker to decrypt some of the database's encrypted content

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitLab	GitLab	>=11.6.0, <13.5.6>=13.6.0, <13.6.4>=13.7.0, <13.7.2

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/36855 x_refsource_MISC
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22170.json x_refsource_CONFIRM