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CVE-2021-22190

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-04-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

A path traversal vulnerability via the GitLab Workhorse in all versions of GitLab could result in the leakage of a JWT token

Affected products

• GitLab: from 13.7.0 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-2021-22190.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/300281
• https://hackerone.com/reports/1040786
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22190.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/300281
• https://hackerone.com/reports/1040786

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