Vulnerability · Published Sep 1, 2023 · Assigned by GitLab
CVE-2023-3210Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity regular-expression denial of service in GitLab from GitLab. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 57% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 42.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 15.11 before 16.1.5, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1. An authenticated user could trigger a denial of service when importing or cloning malicious content.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-1333 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- GitLab Issue #415074 issue-tracking
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2011474 technical-description, exploit, permissions-required