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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-22177

Potential DoS was identified in gitlab-shell in GitLab CE/EE version 12.6.0 or above, which allows an attacker to spike the server resource utilization via gitlab-shell command.

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1 Nov 2026, 05:16 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-22177

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Apr 2021, 15:15 UTC

Potential DoS was identified in gitlab-shell in GitLab CE/EE version 12.6.0 or above, which allows an attacker to spike the server resource utilization via gitlab-shell command.

osv:CVE-2021-22177
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-22177",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2021-22177",
    "summary": "Potential DoS was identified in gitlab-shell in GitLab CE/EE version 12.6.0 or above, which allows an attacker to spike the server resource utilization via gitlab-shell command.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-22177",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-22177",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2021-22177",
        "CVE-2021-22177"
      ],
      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
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            "v13.8.1-ee",
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            "v13.7.1-ee",
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:22.900803690Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22177.json",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/238988",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/953444"
      ],
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    },
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 431632,
  "published_at": "2021-04-01T15:15:13.957+00:00"
}