Vulnerability record

CVE-2021-22175

GitLab Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability

Severity: CriticalExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run GitLab, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Mar 11, 2026.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

When requests to the internal network for webhooks are enabled, a server-side request forgery vulnerability in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 10.5 was possible to exploit for an unauthenticated attacker even on a GitLab instance where registration is disabled

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorAffected versionsFixed inSource
GitLabGitLab>= 10.5.0, < 13.6.7; >= 13.7.0, < 13.7.7; >= 13.8.0, < 13.8.413.6.7; 13.7.7; 13.8.4KEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Intelligence timeline

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References

  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22175.json
  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22175
  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/294178
  • hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/1059596
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-22175