CVE-2021-22253

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Improper authorization in GitLab EE affecting all versions since 13.4 allowed a user who previously had the necessary access to trigger deployments to protected environments under specific conditions after the access has been removed

Una autorización inapropiada en GitLab EE que afectaba a todas las versiones desde la 13.4, permitía a un usuario que anteriormente tenía el acceso necesario desencadenar despliegues en entornos protegidos bajo condiciones específicas después de que se hubiera eliminado el acceso

*Credits: Thanks @vaib25vicky for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* 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

CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/323794	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22253.json	2021-08-30

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"				>= 13.4.0 < 13.12.9 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 13.4.0 < 13.12.9"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 13.4.0 < 13.12.9 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 13.4.0 < 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