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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-22186

An authorization issue in GitLab CE/EE version 9.4 and up allowed a group maintainer to modify group CI/CD variables which should be restricted to group owners

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1 Nov 2026, 05:30 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-22186

core-osv · Original source

Published 24 Mar 2021, 17:15 UTC

An authorization issue in GitLab CE/EE version 9.4 and up allowed a group maintainer to modify group CI/CD variables which should be restricted to group owners

osv:CVE-2021-22186
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-22186",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-22186",
    "summary": "An authorization issue in GitLab CE/EE version 9.4 and up allowed a group maintainer to modify group CI/CD variables which should be restricted to group owners",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-22186",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-22186",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2021-22186",
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      ],
      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
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      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:58.397214223Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22186.json",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/321653"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 432365,
  "published_at": "2021-03-24T17:15:14.087+00:00"
}