What is CVE-2021-22169?

CVE-2021-22169 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2021-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2021-22169?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in GitLab

CVE-2021-22169

An issue was identified in GitLab EE 13.4 or later which leaked internal IP address via error messages.

Published 2021-03-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GitLab — versions >=13.4, <13.5.6, >=13.6.0, <13.6.4, >=13.7.0, <13.7.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-209 — Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

References

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/289930 (Broken Link)
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22169.json (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-22169?: CVE-2021-22169 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2021-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2021-22169?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.