Description

Due to a vulnerablility in ExifTool, GitLab was not properly validating image files which resulted in a remote command execution.

Remediation

Upgrade to the latest version of GitLab

References

CVE-2021-22205

RCE when removing metadata with ExifTool

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OpenX arbitrary file upload

Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2021-22205 CWE-918 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Acumonitor Code Execution