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CVE-2021-22170

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-12-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-327

Description

Assuming a database breach, nonce reuse issues in GitLab 11.6+ allows an attacker to decrypt some of the database's encrypted content

Affected products

• GitLab: from 11.6.0 before 13.5.6; from 13.6.0 before 13.6.4; from 13.7.0 before 13.7.2 — fixed in 13.5.6, 13.6.4, 13.7.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 13.5.6, 13.6.4, 13.7.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22170.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/36855
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22170.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/36855

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