A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE/EE starting with version 13.7. The stripping of EXIF data from certain images resulted in high CPU usage.
https://hackerone.com/reports/1083182
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/299869
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39907.json