CVE-2021-22186

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-03-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-863

Description

An authorization issue in GitLab CE/EE version 9.4 and up allowed a group maintainer to modify group CI/CD variables which should be restricted to group owners

Affected products

GitLab: from 9.4.0 before 13.7.8; from 13.8.0 before 13.8.5; from 13.9.0 before 13.9.2 — fixed in 13.7.8, 13.8.5, 13.9.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 13.7.8, 13.8.5, 13.9.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22186.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/321653
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22186.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/321653

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