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 restri…

published 2021-03-24 5 y ago modified 2026-09-10 59 d ago also BIT-gitlab-2021-22186 , EUVD-2021-9332

cvss: 4.9; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
public exploits: 0; none known

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

Patch / fix

fixed in 3 distros 1

bitnami gitlab 13.7.8, 13.8.5, 13.9.2
gitlab gitlab 13.7.8, 13.8.5, 13.9.2
gitlab gitlab_enterprise 13.7.8, 13.8.5, 13.9.2

gitlab Arch Linux 13.9.2-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1648

Exploit prediction

0.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
OSV	3.1	4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
bitnami	gitlab	>=9.4.0, <13.7.8 >=13.8.0, <13.8.5 >=13.9.0, <13.9.2	13.7.8 13.8.5 13.9.2

Affected products

GitLab GitLab

Classification

Weakness

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

Technology feeds

GitLab rss critical rss

References

gitlab.com /gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22186.json
vendor-advisory, advisory
gitlab.com /gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/321653
broken-link, web
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22186
web

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Enhance with deb and rpm package type records.

Summary