What is CVE-2021-22190?

CVE-2021-22190 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.5/10. Published 2021-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2021-22190?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in GitLab

CVE-2021-22190

A path traversal vulnerability via the GitLab Workhorse in all versions of GitLab could result in the leakage of a JWT token

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2021-04-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.016 · change: +0.003

Affected products

GitLab — versions >=13.7, <13.7.8, >=13.8, <13.8.5, >=13.9, <13.9.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/300281 (Broken Link)
hackerone.com/reports/1040786 (Permissions Required)
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22190.json (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-22190?: CVE-2021-22190 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.5/10. Published 2021-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2021-22190?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.5 out of 10.