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CVE-2021-22249

• 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: 2021-08-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-209

Description

A verbose error message in GitLab EE affecting all versions since 12.2 could disclose the private email address of a user invited to a group

Affected products

• GitLab: from 12.2.0 before 13.12.9; from 14.0.0 before 14.0.7; from 14.1.0 before 14.1.2 — fixed in 13.12.9, 14.0.7, 14.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 13.12.9, 14.0.7, 14.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22249.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/331857
• https://hackerone.com/reports/1204320
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22249.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/331857
• https://hackerone.com/reports/1204320

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