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CVE-2021-22205: Used in ransomware campaigns — CISA KEV

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 11.9. GitLab was not properly validating image files that were passed to a file parser which resulted in a remote command execution.

CISA KEV — Actively Exploited

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 11

Vendor / Product
— / GitLab / Community and Enterprise Editions
Added to KEV
2021-11-03
BOD 22-01 due
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Ransomware use
Known
CVSS / EPSS
10.0 CRITICAL · EPSS 99.73%

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 11.9. GitLab was not properly validating image files that were passed to a file parser which resulted in a remote command execution.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

03Notes & references

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

06Detection

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