CVE-2021-22205

critical KEV

Published 2021-11-03 · Modified 2021-11-03

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

10.0

Description

GitHub Community and Enterprise Editions that utilize the ability to upload images through GitLab Workhorse are vulnerable to remote code execution. Workhorse passes image file extensions through ExifTool, which improperly validates the image files.

CISA KEV

Vendor: GitLab
Product: Community and Enterprise Editions
Due date: 2021-11-17

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

99%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cisa-kev — https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22205

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202104-1

Exploits

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
arch		fixed	`13.10.3-1`

References

https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202104-1
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22205

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.