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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-22250

Improper authorization in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions since 13.3 allowed users to view and delete impersonation tokens that administrators created for their account

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CVE-2021-22250
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1 Nov 2026, 05:09 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-22250

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Aug 2021, 19:15 UTC

Improper authorization in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions since 13.3 allowed users to view and delete impersonation tokens that administrators created for their account

osv:CVE-2021-22250
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-22250",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-22250",
    "summary": "Improper authorization in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions since 13.3 allowed users to view and delete impersonation tokens that administrators created for their account",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-22250",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-22250",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2021-22250",
        "CVE-2021-22250"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
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      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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          "versions": [
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            "v14.1.1-ee",
            "v14.1.0-ee",
            "v14.0.6-ee",
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            "v14.0.1-ee",
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:31:07.172565428Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22250.json",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/332410",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/1205916"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
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        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 431289,
  "published_at": "2021-08-25T19:15:11.707+00:00"
}