CVE-2021-22230
Improper code rendering while rendering merge requests could be exploited to submit malicious...
Improper code rendering while rendering merge requests could be exploited to submit malicious code. This vulnerability affects GitLab CE/EE 9.3 and later through 13.11.6, 13.12.6, and 14.0.2.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Improper code rendering while rendering merge requests could be exploited to submit malicious code. This vulnerability affects GitLab CE/EE 9.3 and later through 13.11.6, 13.12.6, and 14.0.2.
- Record
CVE-2021-22230- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-9376
Improper code rendering while rendering merge requests could be exploited to submit malicious code. This vulnerability affects GitLab CE/EE 9.3 and later through 13.11.6, 13.12.6, and 14.0.2.
- Record
EUVD-2021-9376- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r6rg-m239-gjp4 No score
Improper code rendering while rendering merge requests could be exploited to submit malicious...
Improper code rendering while rendering merge requests could be exploited to submit malicious code. This vulnerability affects GitLab CE/EE 9.3 and later through 13.11.6, 13.12.6, and 14.0.2.
- Record
GHSA-r6rg-m239-gjp4- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper code rendering while rendering merge requests could be exploited to submit malicious code. This vulnerability affects GitLab CE/EE 9.3 and later through 13.11.6, 13.12.6, and 14.0.2.
- Record
CVE-2021-22230- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Improper code rendering while rendering merge requests could be exploited to submit malicious code. This vulnerability affects GitLab CE/EE 9.3 and later through 13.11.6, 13.12.6, and 14.0.2.
- Record
CVE-2021-22230- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2021-22230
Improper code rendering while rendering merge requests could be exploited to submit malicious code. This vulnerability affects GitLab CE/EE 9.3 and later through 13.11.6, 13.12.6, and 14.0.2.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2021-22230- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-gitlab-2021-22230 No score
Improper code rendering while rendering merge requests could be exploited to submit malicious code. This vulnerability affects GitLab CE/EE 9.3 and later through 13.11.6, 13.12.6, and 14.0.2.
- Record
BIT-gitlab-2021-22230- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-22230 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Gitlab, published July 7, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.03%, the 64th percentile. Fixed in gitlab 13.11.6.