What is CVE-2021-22198?

CVE-2021-22198 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2021-04-02.

How severe is CVE-2021-22198?

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

Is CVE-2021-22198 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in GitLab

CVE-2021-22198

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 13.8 and above allowing an authenticated user to delete incident metric images of public projects.

Published 2021-04-02 · 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:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GitLab — versions >=13.8, <13.8.7, >=13.9, <13.9.5, >=13.10, <13.10.1

Public proof-of-concept exploits

0xfschott/CVE-search

References

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/323452 (Broken Link)
hackerone.com/reports/1107281 (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22198.json (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-22198?: CVE-2021-22198 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2021-04-02.
How severe is CVE-2021-22198?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-22198 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.