CVE-2023-6159
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Jan 26, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Nov 15, 2023
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.7 prior to 16.6.6, 16.7 prior to 16.7.4, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.1 It was possible for an attacker to trigger a Regular Expression Denial of Service via a `Cargo.toml` containing maliciously crafted input.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | GitLab |
Weaknesses
- CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
GitLabGitLab |
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References
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/25/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-8-1-released/
- GitLab Issue #431924issue-trackingpermissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2251278technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-requiredbroken-link
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