CVE-2021-22168

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Published Jan 15, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

A regular expression denial of service issue has been discovered in NuGet API affecting all versions of GitLab starting from version 12.8.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

GitLab

GitLab

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`>=12.8, <13.5.6`	affected	—
`>=13.6.0, <13.6.4`	affected	—
`>=13.7.0, <13.7.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-9314	A regular expression denial of service issue has been discovered in NuGet API affecting all versions of GitLab starting from version 12.8.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.0% (1.013% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22168.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/289950

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab

Weaknesses

CWE-400

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 6:37 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitLab
Published: Jan 15, 2021, 3:05 PM
Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 6:37 PM
Reserved: Jan 5, 2021, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:36 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 15, 2021, 4:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:36 AM

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