CVE-2021-22175 is a critical Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in GitLab, affecting all versions from 10.5 onwards. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to exploit GitLab instances, even when user registration is disabled, by manipulating webhook requests to the internal network. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, though no public Metasploit or ExploitDB modules are currently available.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 10.5.0, < 13.6.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 10.5.0, < 13.6.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.7.0, < 13.7.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.7.0, < 13.7.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.8.0, < 13.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.