Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in GitLab Enterprise Edition and Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2021-22175
Published: March 14, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU105742
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22175
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
Affected software
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Gitlab Community Edition
Gitlab Community Edition
How to mitigate CVE-2021-22175
Install updates from vendor's website.
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 13.6.7, 13.7.7, 13.8.4
Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 13.6.7, 13.7.7, 13.8.4
Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 13.6.7, 13.7.7, 13.8.4