CVE-2021-22259

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Published Oct 4, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in GitLab EE starting with version 12.6 due to lack of pagination in dependencies API.

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
`>=12.6, <14.1.7`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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-2021-9405	A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in GitLab EE starting with version 12.6 due to lack of pagination in dependencies API.

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% (1.029% 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-2021-22259.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/335146

History

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Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

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

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitLab
Published: Oct 4, 2021, 4:51 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: Oct 4, 2021, 5:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:36 AM

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