CVE-2021-22175
Actively exploited. CVE-2021-22175 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-02-18) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2021-22175 is indexed in Nuclei. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
GitLab contains a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability when requests to the internal network for webhooks are enabled.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A server-side request forgery vulnerability allows requests to the internal network.
- Who is affected
- Users of GitLab with webhooks enabled.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to the critical nature of the vulnerability.
- Action
- Update GitLab to the latest version.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 99% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2021-22175 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- NucleiA nuclei-templates detection/PoC template exists for this CVE.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2021-22175: GitLab Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2026-02-18
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