CVE-2021-22252

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A confusion between tag and branch names in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions since 13.7 allowed a Developer to access protected CI variables which should only be accessible to Maintainers

Una confusión entre los nombres de las etiquetas y ramas en GitLab CE/EE, afectando a todas las versiones desde la 13.7, permitía a un desarrollador acceder a variables de CI protegidas que sólo deberían ser accesibles para los mantenedores.

*Credits: Thanks @rodrigopetter for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-01-05 CVE Reserved
2021-08-23 CVE Published
2023-07-10 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/330364	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/1186135	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22252.json	2022-07-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 13.7.0 < 13.12.9 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 13.7.0 < 13.12.9"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 13.7.0 < 13.12.9 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 13.7.0 < 13.12.9"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 14.0.0 < 14.0.7 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 14.0.0 < 14.0.7"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 14.0.0 < 14.0.7 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 14.0.0 < 14.0.7"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.2 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 14.1.0 < 14.1.2"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.2 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 14.1.0 < 14.1.2"		enterprise		Affected