Findings

CVE-2021-39935

GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability

Published Dec 13, 2021 · updated Jun 16, 2026 · GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 10.5 before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2. Unauthorized external users could perform Server Side Requests via the CI Lint API

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 13, 2021 · Catalog

    Detected

    An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 10.5 before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2. Unauthorized external users could perform Server Side Requests via the CI Lint API

  2. Feb 3, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Feb 24, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 10.5 before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2. Unauthorized external users could perform Server Side Requests via the CI Lint API

Required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA due date Feb 24, 2026

Affected

  • cpe gitlab/gitlabversion unspecified
  • vendor GitLab Community and Enterprise Editionsversion unspecified

Sources

  • CISA KEVCVE-2021-39935

    GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions contain a server-side request forgery vulnerability which could allow unauthorized external users to perform Server Side Requests via the CI Lint API.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgCVE-2021-39935

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSCVE-2021-39935

    30-day exploitation probability 36.1%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDCVE-2021-39935

    An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 10.5 before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2. Unauthorized external users could perform Server Side Requests via the CI Lint API

    nvd.nist.gov

References