CVE-2021-22263: GitLab

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 13.0 before 14.0.9, all versions starting from 14.1 before 14.1.4, all versions starting from 14.2 before 14.2.2. A user account with 'external' status which is granted 'Maintainer' role on any project on the GitLab instance where 'project tokens' are allowed may elevate its privilege to 'Internal' and access Internal projects.

Affected products

• GitLab GitLab: from 13.0.0, before 14.0.9 (fixed in 14.0.9); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.4 (fixed in 14.1.4); from 14.2.0, before 14.2.2 (fixed in 14.2.2)

Published 2021-10-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.