What is CVE-2021-22194?

CVE-2021-22194 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2021-03-26.

How severe is CVE-2021-22194?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in GitLab

CVE-2021-22194

In all versions of GitLab, marshalled session keys were being stored in Redis.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (7.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 7.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/262107 (Broken Link)
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22194.json (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-22194?: CVE-2021-22194 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2021-03-26.
How severe is CVE-2021-22194?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.