Is CVE-2021-22234 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-22234 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-22234?

CVE-2021-22234 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.6 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-22234?

CVE-2021-22234 has an EPSS score of 1.00% (58th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-22234?

Upgrade gitlab on debian unstable to 15.10.8+ds1-2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-22234

CRITICAL

9.6

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 13.11 before 13.11.7, all versions starting from 13.12 before 13.12.8, and all versions starting from 14.0 before 14.0.4. A specially crafted design image allowed attackers to read arbitrary files on the server.

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

How to fix

Remediation Available

gitlabDebian

Fixed in:15.10.8+ds1-2CVE-2021-22234

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.00%probability of exploitation in 30 days

58thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 58% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

hackerone.com

Vendor Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-11022	Medium	6.9	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3929	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-9496	Medium	6.1	99%	-	-
CVE-2023-28341	Medium	6.1	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-12998	Medium	6.1	98%	-	-
CVE-2025-4123	High	7.6	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.