CVE-2021-22216
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 8, 2021 at 07:19 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:36 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGitLab
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
A denial of service vulnerability in all versions of GitLab CE/EE before 13.12.2, 13.11.5 or 13.10.5 allows an attacker to cause uncontrolled resource consumption with a very long issue or merge request description
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 13.10.5v < 13.11.5v < 13.12.213.11.0 ≤ v < 13.11.513.12.0 ≤ v < 13.12.2
Affected range stops below 13.10.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 13.11.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 13.12.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22216.jsonx_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/329890CVSS
6.5MEDIUMGitLab
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400
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