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CVE-2021-22237
Under specialized conditions, GitLab may allow a user with an impersonation token to perform Git actions even if impersonation is…
Medium6.6EPSS 0.84%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitLab
Description
Under specialized conditions, GitLab may allow a user with an impersonation token to perform Git actions even if impersonation is disabled. This vulnerability is present in GitLab CE/EE versions before 13.12.9, 14.0.7, 14.1.2
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitLab
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitLabCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.84% · top 42% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.6.
Weakness
- Improper privilege management in GitLab
- CWE-384 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-384 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (2)
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/297516 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22237.json (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2021-22237)Record last updated .