CRITICALCVSS 10.0Actively exploited · CISA KEV since 2021-11-03Vulnerability

CVE-2021-22205

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.

Properties

Euvd product
GitLab
Vulnerability name
GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
First seen
2026-08-06T03:55:21+00:00
Cvss score
10
Epss score
0.99731
Last seen
2026-10-19T12:00:27+00:00
Due date
2021-11-17
Euvd assigner
GitLab
Retrieved at
2026-10-21T01:24:47+00:00
Exploited euvd since
2021-11-03T00:00:00+00:00
Src batch id
epss_history-20261020T103617Z-728ddd
Source url
https://epss.empiricalsecurity.com/epss_scores-2026-10-19.csv.gz
Date added
2021-11-03
Euvd base score version
3.1
Score
10
Fetched at
2026-10-20T10:36:20+00:00
Euvd vendor
GitLab
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
In Signal since
initial import (Sep 2026)
Euvd base score
10

Related Entities (5)

AFFECTS_PRODUCT (2)

→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*

DESCRIBES (1)

←[KEVEntry]GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

→[Weakness]Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

INVOLVES (1)

←[Signal]kev_added · 2021-11-03

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