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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-22209

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 13.8. GitLab was not properly validating authorisation tokens which resulted in GraphQL mutation being executed.

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CVE-2021-22209
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1 Nov 2026, 07:42 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-22209

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 May 2021, 14:15 UTC

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 13.8. GitLab was not properly validating authorisation tokens which resulted in GraphQL mutation being executed.

osv:CVE-2021-22209
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-22209",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2021-22209",
    "summary": "An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 13.8. GitLab was not properly validating authorisation tokens which resulted in GraphQL mutation being executed.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-22209",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-22209",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2021-22209",
        "CVE-2021-22209"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
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      "affected": [
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:43.162173390Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22209.json",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/327155"
      ],
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        "evidence": "/id"
      }
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 438808,
  "published_at": "2021-05-06T14:15:08.017+00:00"
}