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CVE-2021-22263
An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 13.0 before 14.0.9, all versions starting from 14.1 before…
Medium5.5EPSS 1.1%
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- GitLab
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 13.0 before 14.0.9, all versions starting from 14.1 before 14.1.4, all versions starting from 14.2 before 14.2.2. A user account with 'external' status which is granted 'Maintainer' role on any project on the GitLab instance where 'project tokens' are allowed may elevate its privilege to 'Internal' and access Internal projects.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitLabCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- Improper privilege management in GitLab
- CWE-269 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-269 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (3)
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/331473 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1193062 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22263.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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