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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-22188

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting with 13.0. Confidential issue titles in Gitlab were readable by an unauthorised user via branch logs.

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CVE-2021-22188
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1 Nov 2026, 07:08 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-22188

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Mar 2021, 18:15 UTC

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting with 13.0. Confidential issue titles in Gitlab were readable by an unauthorised user via branch logs.

osv:CVE-2021-22188
Complete source record
{
  "id": "56683c9e304f8152995b659956f8c544c2796167db550dd33b652f96c0fd9845",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-22188",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-22188",
    "summary": "An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting with 13.0. Confidential issue titles in Gitlab were readable by an unauthorised user via branch logs.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-22188",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-22188",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2021-22188",
        "CVE-2021-22188"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "ef3e35341f6a930af2d57979999b71457b9f72a4"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "db1bf74bddb977558a71053be4faa58a7b62e057"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "036576a25d67513637c1e2cba5859af47695188e"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1bb1e6153d6e19ee17a73d50050cf45cc56eb9f4"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "1ae10d096922ba13b0ffaa20ab616f86dbeb5a89"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "f65d7b6f349d10ab95b3643fece3fd7e94d190b1"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "13.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "13.6.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
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                      {
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                      {
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                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "13.7.0"
                      },
                      {
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                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
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                      {
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                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "13.7.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "13.8.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "13.8.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "13.8.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "13.8.4"
                      }
                    ],
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                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v13.8.3-ee",
            "v13.7.5-ee",
            "v13.8.1-ee",
            "v13.8.0-ee",
            "v13.7.3-ee",
            "v13.7.1-ee",
            "v13.7.0-ee"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-22188.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:59.642555799Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22188.json",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/227040",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/916340"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-22188",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 436926,
  "published_at": "2021-03-03T18:15:14.55+00:00"
}