CVE-2023-6736
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Feb 7, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 24, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 12, 2023
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 11.3 before 16.7.6, all versions starting from 16.8 before 16.8.3, all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.1. It was possible for an attacker to cause a client-side denial of service using malicious crafted content in the CODEOWNERS file.
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
- GitLab Issue #435036issue-trackingpermissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2269023technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
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