What is CVE-2021-22184?

CVE-2021-22184 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2021-03-26.

How severe is CVE-2021-22184?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Information disclosure in GitLab

CVE-2021-22184

An information disclosure issue in GitLab starting from version 12.8 allowed a user with access to the server logs to see sensitive information that wasn't properly redacted.

Published 2021-03-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 20.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GitLab — versions >=12.8, <13.6.6, >=13.7.0, <13.7.6, >=13.8.0, <13.8.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/281676 (Broken Link)
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22184.json (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-22184?: CVE-2021-22184 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2021-03-26.
How severe is CVE-2021-22184?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.