CVE-2021-22190
A path traversal vulnerability via the GitLab Workhorse in all versions of GitLab could result in the leakage of a JWT token
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
A path traversal vulnerability via the GitLab Workhorse in all versions of GitLab could result in the leakage of a JWT token
- Record
CVE-2021-22190- CVSS 3.1
- 8.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-9336
A path traversal vulnerability via the GitLab Workhorse in all versions of GitLab could result in the leakage of a JWT token
- Record
EUVD-2021-9336- CVSS 3.1
- 8.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
A path traversal vulnerability via the GitLab Workhorse in all versions of GitLab could result in the leakage of a JWT token
- Record
CVE-2021-22190- CVSS 3.1
- 8.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
A path traversal vulnerability via the GitLab Workhorse in all versions of GitLab could result in the leakage of a JWT token
- Record
CVE-2021-22190- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2021-22190
A path traversal vulnerability via the GitLab Workhorse in all versions of GitLab could result in the leakage of a JWT token
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2021-22190- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 8.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-gitlab-2021-22190 No score
A path traversal vulnerability via the GitLab Workhorse in all versions of GitLab could result in the leakage of a JWT token
- Record
BIT-gitlab-2021-22190- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-22190 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.5) in Gitlab, published April 12, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.64%, the 76th percentile. Fixed in gitlab 13.7.8.