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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-22246

A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab versions before 14.0.2, 13.12.6, 13.11.6. GitLab Webhook feature could be abused to perform denial of service attacks.

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CVE-2021-22246
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1 Nov 2026, 06:22 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-22246

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Aug 2021, 18:15 UTC

A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab versions before 14.0.2, 13.12.6, 13.11.6. GitLab Webhook feature could be abused to perform denial of service attacks.

osv:CVE-2021-22246
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-22246",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2021-22246",
    "summary": "A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab versions before 14.0.2, 13.12.6, 13.11.6. GitLab Webhook feature could be abused to perform denial of service attacks.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-22246",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2021-22246",
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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:H"
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          "versions": [
            "v13.12.5-ee",
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            "v13.12.4-ee",
            "v13.12.3-ee",
            "v13.12.1-ee",
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:39.751188966Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22246.json",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/280633",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/1029269"
      ],
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    },
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 434459,
  "published_at": "2021-08-20T18:15:07.523+00:00"
}