CVE-2021-22221

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-06-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-613

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 12.9.0 before 13.10.5, all versions starting from 13.11.0 before 13.11.5, all versions starting from 13.12.0 before 13.12.2. Insufficient expired password validation in various operations allow user to maintain limited access after their password expired

Affected products

GitLab: from 12.9.0 before 13.10.5; from 13.11.0 before 13.11.5; from 13.12.0 before 13.12.2 — fixed in 13.10.5, 13.11.5, 13.12.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 13.10.5, 13.11.5, 13.12.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22221.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/292006
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22221.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/292006

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