What is CVE-2021-22229?

CVE-2021-22229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2021-07-06.

How severe is CVE-2021-22229?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in GitLab

CVE-2021-22229

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting with 12.8. Under a special condition it was possible to access data of an internal repository through project fork done by a project member.

Published 2021-07-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.9% 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 >=12.8, <13.11.6, >=13.12, <13.12.6, >=14.0, <14.0.2

References

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/332609 (Broken Link)
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22229.json (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-22229?: CVE-2021-22229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2021-07-06.
How severe is CVE-2021-22229?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.