What is CVE-2021-22216?

CVE-2021-22216 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-06-08.

How severe is CVE-2021-22216?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Gitlab

CVE-2021-22216

A denial of service vulnerability in all versions of GitLab CE/EE before 13.12.2, 13.11.5 or 13.10.5 allows an attacker to cause uncontrolled resource consumption with a very long issue or merge request description

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.010 (60.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions <13.10.5, >=13.11, <13.11.5, >=13.12, <13.12.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@gitlab.com (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
cve@gitlab.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-22216?: CVE-2021-22216 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-06-08.
How severe is CVE-2021-22216?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.