High severity · published Dec 6, 2021
CVE-2021-22170
Assuming a database breach, nonce reuse issues in GitLab 11.6+ allows an attacker to decrypt some of the database's encrypted content
7.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
11.6.0 before 13.5.6; 13.6.0 before 13.6.4; 13.7.0 before 13.7.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22170
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22170
Exploit
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22170.json
Exploit
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/36855
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