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CVE-2021-22230 (GCVE-0-2021-22230)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-07 10:47 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:37
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
4.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • Improper encoding or escaping of output in GitLab
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GitLab GitLab Affected: >=9.3, <13.11.6
Affected: >=13.12, <13.12.6
Affected: >=14.0, <14.0.2
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Credits
This vulnerability has been discovered internally by the GitLab team
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