CVE-2021-22206

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 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: 2021-05-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-312

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 11.6. Pull mirror credentials are exposed that allows other maintainers to be able to view the credentials in plain-text,

Affected products

GitLab: from 11.6.0 before 13.9.7; from 13.10.0 before 13.10.4; from 13.11.0 before 13.11.2 — fixed in 13.10.4, 13.11.2, 13.9.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 13.10.4, 13.11.2, 13.9.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22206.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/230864
https://hackerone.com/reports/928074
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22206.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/230864
https://hackerone.com/reports/928074

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