CVE-2021-22187

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-03-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-400

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions of Gitlab EE/CE before 13.6.7. A potential resource exhaustion issue that allowed running or pending jobs to continue even after project was deleted.

Affected products

GitLab: before 13.6.7; from 13.7 (excl.) before 13.7.7; from 13.8 (excl.) before 13.8.4 — fixed in 13.6.7, 13.7.7, 13.8.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 13.6.7, 13.7.7, 13.8.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22187.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/300452
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22187.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/300452

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