Check Point Advisories

GitLab Command Injection (CVE-2021-22205)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2021-0867
Date Published:	14 Nov 2021
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Sunday 09 February, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2021-22205
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	GitLab 11.9.0 and later, prior to 13.8.8 GitLab 11.9.0 and later, prior to 13.8.8 GitLab 13.9.0 and later, prior to 13.9.6 GitLab 13.9.0 and later, prior to 13.9.6 GitLab 13.10.0 and later, prior to 13.10.3 GitLab 13.10.0 and later, prior to 13.10.3
Vulnerability Description	A command injection vulnerability exists in GitLab. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the GitLab Command Injection (CVE-2021-22205) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: GitLab Command Injection (CVE-2021-22205)