Actively exploited in the wild
GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
GitLab - Community and Enterprise Editions · Listed in the CISA KEV since 2021-11-03. This indicates confirmed attacks in production environments.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CVE-2021-22205
CriticalCVSS 10.0KEVExploitation Probability (EPSS)
Very high risk100th percentile - higher than 100% of all known CVEs
Summary
A vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE from version 11.9 allows remote code execution due to improper validation of image files passed to a parser.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can take control of the GitLab server, leading to data confidentiality and integrity breaches.
Recommendation
Immediately update GitLab to a patched version (13.10.3, 13.9.6, 13.8.8 or later).
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- CVE-2026-0723High
GitLab CE/EE versions from 18.6 before 18.6.4, 18.7 before 18.7.2, and 18.8 before 18.8.2 contain a vulnerability that could allow an individual with knowledge of a victim's credential ID to bypass two-factor authentication by submitting forged device responses.
Original NVD description (English source)
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 11.9. GitLab was not properly validating image files that were passed to a file parser which resulted in a remote command execution.

