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CVE-2021-22175

critical CISA KEV

GitLab Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability

Vendor / product: GitLab — GitLab

When requests to the internal network for webhooks are enabled, a server-side request forgery vulnerability in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 10.5 was possible to exploit for an unauthenticated attacker even on a GitLab instance where registration is disabled

CVSS
9.8
9.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2021-06-11 16:15
Modified: 2026-10-01 19:17
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC
Exploitation
Listed in CISA KEV
Added 2026-02-18 · due 2026-03-11
Known ransomware use: Unknown

Required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Affected products

gitlab / gitlab ≥10.5.0 <13.6.7, ≥13.7.0 <13.7.7, ≥13.8.0 <13.8.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22175.json
Vendor advisory: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/294178
Vendor advisory: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22175.json
Vendor advisory: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/294178

References

Data sources

CISA KEV — fetched 2026-10-27 06:50 UTC · record ↗
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC · record ↗

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