diff --git a/GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION b/GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION
index 56b6be4ebb2..d127a0ff9f1 100644
--- a/GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION
+++ b/GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.3.1
+8.3.3
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/security-exif-migration.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/security-exif-migration.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cc529099df5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/security-exif-migration.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Added rake task for removing EXIF data from existing uploads.
+merge_request:
+author:
+type: security
diff --git a/doc/administration/raketasks/uploads/sanitize.md b/doc/administration/raketasks/uploads/sanitize.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..54a423b9571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/administration/raketasks/uploads/sanitize.md
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# Uploads Sanitize tasks
+
+## Requirements
+
+You need `exiftool` installed on your system. If you installed GitLab:
+
+-   Using the Omnibus package, you're all set.
+-   From source, make sure `exiftool` is installed:
+
+    ```sh
+    # Debian/Ubuntu
+    sudo apt-get install libimage-exiftool-perl
+
+    # RHEL/CentOS
+    sudo yum install perl-Image-ExifTool
+    ```
+
+## Remove EXIF data from existing uploads
+
+Since 11.9 EXIF data are automatically stripped from JPG or TIFF image uploads.
+Because EXIF data may contain sensitive information (e.g. GPS location), you
+can remove EXIF data also from existing images which were uploaded before
+with the following command:
+
+```bash
+sudo RAILS_ENV=production -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:uploads:sanitize:remove_exif
+```
+
+This command by default runs in dry mode and it doesn't remove EXIF data. It can be used for
+checking if (and how many) images should be sanitized.
+
+The rake task accepts following parameters.
+
+Parameter | Type | Description
+--------- | ---- | -----------
+`start_id` | integer | Only uploads with equal or greater ID will be processed
+`stop_id` | integer | Only uploads with equal or smaller ID will be processed
+`dry_run` | boolean | Do not remove EXIF data, only check if EXIF data are present or not, default: true
+`sleep_time` | float | Pause for number of seconds after processing each image, default: 0.3 seconds
+
+If you have too many uploads, you can speed up sanitization by setting
+`sleep_time` to a lower value or by running multiple rake tasks in parallel,
+each with a separate range of upload IDs (by setting `start_id` and `stop_id`).
+
+To run the command without dry mode and remove EXIF data from all uploads, you can use:
+
+```bash
+sudo RAILS_ENV=production -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:uploads:sanitize:remove_exif[,,false,] 2>&1 | tee exif.log
+```
+
+To run the command without dry mode on uploads with ID between 100 and 5000 and pause for 0.1 second, you can use:
+
+```bash
+sudo RAILS_ENV=production -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:uploads:sanitize:remove_exif[100,5000,false,0.1] 2>&1 | tee exif.log
+```
+
+Because the output of commands will be probably long, the output is written also into exif.log file.
+
+If sanitization fails for an upload, an error message should be in the output of the rake task (typical reasons may
+be that the file is missing in the storage or it's not a valid image). Please
+[report](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/new) any issues at `gitlab.com` and use
+prefix 'EXIF' in issue title with the error output and (if possible) the image.
diff --git a/doc/raketasks/README.md b/doc/raketasks/README.md
index 90187617c41..0729875daf8 100644
--- a/doc/raketasks/README.md
+++ b/doc/raketasks/README.md
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ comments: false
 - [Import](import.md) of git repositories in bulk
 - [Rebuild authorized_keys file](http://docs.gitlab.com/ce/raketasks/maintenance.html#rebuild-authorized_keys-file) task for administrators
 - [Migrate Uploads](../administration/raketasks/uploads/migrate.md)
+- [Sanitize Uploads](../administration/raketasks/uploads/sanitize.md)
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/sanitizers/exif.rb b/lib/gitlab/sanitizers/exif.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0928ccdc324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/gitlab/sanitizers/exif.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Gitlab
+  module Sanitizers
+    class Exif
+      # these tags are not removed from the image
+      WHITELISTED_TAGS = %w(
+        ResolutionUnit
+        XResolution
+        YResolution
+        YCbCrSubSampling
+        YCbCrPositioning
+        BitsPerSample
+        ImageHeight
+        ImageWidth
+        ImageSize
+        Copyright
+        CopyrightNotice
+        Orientation
+      ).freeze
+
+      # these tags are common in exiftool output, these
+      # do not contain any sensitive information, but
+      # we don't need to preserve them when removing
+      # exif tags
+      IGNORED_TAGS = %w(
+        ColorComponents
+        EncodingProcess
+        ExifByteOrder
+        ExifToolVersion
+        JFIFVersion
+        Directory
+        FileAccessDate
+        FileInodeChangeDate
+        FileModifyDate
+        FileName
+        FilePermissions
+        FileSize
+        SourceFile
+        Megapixels
+        FileType
+        FileTypeExtension
+        MIMEType
+      ).freeze
+
+      ALLOWED_TAGS = WHITELISTED_TAGS + IGNORED_TAGS
+      EXCLUDE_PARAMS = WHITELISTED_TAGS.map { |tag| "-#{tag}" }
+
+      attr_reader :logger
+
+      def initialize(logger: Rails.logger)
+        @logger = logger
+      end
+
+      # rubocop: disable CodeReuse/ActiveRecord
+      def batch_clean(start_id: nil, stop_id: nil, dry_run: true, sleep_time: nil)
+        relation = Upload.where('lower(path) like ? or lower(path) like ? or lower(path) like ?',
+                                '%.jpg', '%.jpeg', '%.tiff')
+
+        logger.info "running in dry run mode, no images will be rewritten" if dry_run
+
+        find_params = {
+          start: start_id.present? ? start_id.to_i : nil,
+          finish: stop_id.present? ? stop_id.to_i : Upload.last&.id
+        }
+
+        relation.find_each(find_params) do |upload|
+          clean(upload.build_uploader, dry_run: dry_run)
+          sleep sleep_time if sleep_time
+        rescue => err
+          logger.error "failed to sanitize #{upload_ref(upload)}: #{err.message}"
+          logger.debug err.backtrace.join("\n ")
+        end
+      end
+      # rubocop: enable CodeReuse/ActiveRecord
+
+      def clean(uploader, dry_run: true)
+        Dir.mktmpdir('gitlab-exif') do |tmpdir|
+          src_path = fetch_upload_to_file(uploader, tmpdir)
+
+          to_remove = extra_tags(src_path)
+
+          if to_remove.empty?
+            logger.info "#{upload_ref(uploader.upload)}: only whitelisted tags present, skipping"
+            break
+          end
+
+          logger.info "#{upload_ref(uploader.upload)}: found exif tags to remove: #{to_remove}"
+
+          break if dry_run
+
+          remove_and_store(tmpdir, src_path, uploader)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def extra_tags(path)
+        exif_tags(path).keys - ALLOWED_TAGS
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def remove_and_store(tmpdir, src_path, uploader)
+        exec_remove_exif!(src_path)
+        logger.info "#{upload_ref(uploader.upload)}: exif removed, storing"
+        File.open(src_path, 'r') { |f| uploader.store!(f) }
+      end
+
+      def exec_remove_exif!(path)
+        # IPTC and XMP-iptcExt groups may keep copyright information so
+        # we always preserve them
+        cmd = ["exiftool", "-all=", "-tagsFromFile", "@", *EXCLUDE_PARAMS, "--IPTC:all", "--XMP-iptcExt:all", path]
+        output, status = Gitlab::Popen.popen(cmd)
+
+        if status != 0
+          raise "exiftool return code is #{status}: #{output}"
+        end
+
+        if File.size(path) == 0
+          raise "size of file is 0"
+        end
+
+        # exiftool creates backup of the original file in filename_original
+        old_path = "#{path}_original"
+        if File.size(path) == File.size(old_path)
+          raise "size of sanitized file is same as original size"
+        end
+      end
+
+      def fetch_upload_to_file(uploader, dir)
+        # upload is stored into the file with the original name - this filename
+        # is used by carrierwave when storing the file back to the storage
+        filename = File.join(dir, uploader.filename)
+
+        File.open(filename, 'w') do |file|
+          file.binmode
+          file.write uploader.read
+        end
+
+        filename
+      end
+
+      def upload_ref(upload)
+        "#{upload.id}:#{upload.path}"
+      end
+
+      def exif_tags(path)
+        cmd = ["exiftool", "-all", "-j", "-sort", "--IPTC:all", "--XMP-iptcExt:all", path]
+        output, status = Gitlab::Popen.popen(cmd)
+
+        raise "failed to get exif tags: #{output}" if status != 0
+
+        JSON.parse(output).first
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/uploads/sanitize.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/uploads/sanitize.rake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..12cf5302555
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/uploads/sanitize.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+namespace :gitlab do
+  namespace :uploads do
+    namespace :sanitize do
+      desc 'GitLab | Uploads | Remove EXIF from images.'
+      task :remove_exif, [:start_id, :stop_id, :dry_run, :sleep_time] => :environment do |task, args|
+        args.with_defaults(dry_run: 'true')
+        args.with_defaults(sleep_time: 0.3)
+
+        logger = Logger.new(STDOUT)
+
+        sanitizer = Gitlab::Sanitizers::Exif.new(logger: logger)
+        sanitizer.batch_clean(start_id: args.start_id, stop_id: args.stop_id,
+                              dry_run: args.dry_run != 'false',
+                              sleep_time: args.sleep_time.to_f)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/sanitizers/exif_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/sanitizers/exif_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd5f330c7a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/sanitizers/exif_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Gitlab::Sanitizers::Exif do
+  let(:sanitizer) { described_class.new }
+
+  describe '#batch_clean' do
+    context 'with image uploads' do
+      let!(:uploads) { create_list(:upload, 3, :with_file, :issuable_upload) }
+
+      it 'processes all uploads if range ID is not set' do
+        expect(sanitizer).to receive(:clean).exactly(3).times
+
+        sanitizer.batch_clean
+      end
+
+      it 'processes only uploads in the selected range' do
+        expect(sanitizer).to receive(:clean).once
+
+        sanitizer.batch_clean(start_id: uploads[1].id, stop_id: uploads[1].id)
+      end
+
+      it 'pauses if sleep_time is set' do
+        expect(sanitizer).to receive(:sleep).exactly(3).times.with(1.second)
+        expect(sanitizer).to receive(:clean).exactly(3).times
+
+        sanitizer.batch_clean(sleep_time: 1)
+      end
+    end
+
+    it 'filters only jpg/tiff images' do
+      create(:upload, path: 'filename.jpg')
+      create(:upload, path: 'filename.jpeg')
+      create(:upload, path: 'filename.JPG')
+      create(:upload, path: 'filename.tiff')
+      create(:upload, path: 'filename.TIFF')
+      create(:upload, path: 'filename.png')
+      create(:upload, path: 'filename.txt')
+
+      expect(sanitizer).to receive(:clean).exactly(5).times
+      sanitizer.batch_clean
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#clean' do
+    let(:uploader) { create(:upload, :with_file, :issuable_upload).build_uploader }
+
+    context "no dry run" do
+      it "removes exif from the image" do
+        uploader.store!(fixture_file_upload('spec/fixtures/rails_sample.jpg'))
+
+        original_upload = uploader.upload
+        expected_args = ["exiftool", "-all=", "-tagsFromFile", "@", *Gitlab::Sanitizers::Exif::EXCLUDE_PARAMS, "--IPTC:all", "--XMP-iptcExt:all", kind_of(String)]
+
+        expect(sanitizer).to receive(:extra_tags).and_return(["", 0])
+        expect(sanitizer).to receive(:exec_remove_exif!).once.and_call_original
+        expect(uploader).to receive(:store!).and_call_original
+        expect(Gitlab::Popen).to receive(:popen).with(expected_args) do |args|
+          File.write("#{args.last}_original", "foo") if args.last.start_with?(Dir.tmpdir)
+
+          [expected_args, 0]
+        end
+
+        sanitizer.clean(uploader, dry_run: false)
+
+        expect(uploader.upload.id).not_to eq(original_upload.id)
+        expect(uploader.upload.path).to eq(original_upload.path)
+      end
+
+      it "ignores image without exif" do
+        expected_args = ["exiftool", "-all", "-j", "-sort", "--IPTC:all", "--XMP-iptcExt:all", kind_of(String)]
+
+        expect(Gitlab::Popen).to receive(:popen).with(expected_args).and_return(["[{}]", 0])
+        expect(sanitizer).not_to receive(:exec_remove_exif!)
+        expect(uploader).not_to receive(:store!)
+
+        sanitizer.clean(uploader, dry_run: false)
+      end
+
+      it "raises an error if the exiftool fails with an error" do
+        expect(Gitlab::Popen).to receive(:popen).and_return(["error", 1])
+
+        expect { sanitizer.clean(uploader, dry_run: false) }.to raise_exception(RuntimeError, "failed to get exif tags: error")
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "dry run" do
+      it "doesn't change the image" do
+        expect(sanitizer).to receive(:extra_tags).and_return({ 'foo' => 'bar' })
+        expect(sanitizer).not_to receive(:exec_remove_exif!)
+        expect(uploader).not_to receive(:store!)
+
+        sanitizer.clean(uploader, dry_run: true)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#extra_tags" do
+    it "returns a list of keys for exif file" do
+      tags = '[{
+                "DigitalSourceType": "some source",
+                "ImageHeight": 654
+              }]'
+
+      expect(Gitlab::Popen).to receive(:popen).and_return([tags, 0])
+
+      expect(sanitizer.extra_tags('filename')).not_to be_empty
+    end
+
+    it "returns an empty list for file with only whitelisted and ignored tags" do
+      tags = '[{
+                "ImageHeight": 654,
+                "Megapixels": 0.641
+              }]'
+
+      expect(Gitlab::Popen).to receive(:popen).and_return([tags, 0])
+
+      expect(sanitizer.extra_tags('some file')).to be_empty
+    end
+  end
+end