AVID-2026-R0717

Description

Vulnerability CVE-2021-22205

Details

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.

Reason for inclusion in AVID: CVE-2021-22205 describes an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE via improper validation of image files passed to a parser. GitLab is widely used in AI/ML pipelines for build/test/deploy and artifact management, so a vulnerability in this component constitutes a software supply-chain risk for general-purpose AI systems. The issue is clearly a security vulnerability with high impact, and the report provides concrete details and CVSS metrics.

References

• NVD entry
• https://hackerone.com/reports/1154542
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/327121
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22205.json
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164768/GitLab-Unauthenticated-Remote-ExifTool-Command-Injection.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164994/GitLab-13.10.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html

Affected or Relevant Artifacts

• Developer: GitLab
• Deployer: GitLab
• Artifact Details:

Impact

AVID Taxonomy Categorization

• Risk domains: Security
• SEP subcategories: S0100: Software Vulnerability
• Lifecycle stages: L06: Deployment

CVSS

Other information

• Report Type: Advisory
• Credits:
• Date Reported: 2021-04-23
• Version: 0.3.3
• AVID Entry