Vulnerability · Published Jan 26, 2024 · Assigned by GitLab
CVE-2023-6159Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity regular-expression denial of service in GitLab from GitLab. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
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
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/25/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-8-1-released/
- GitLab Issue #431924 issue-tracking, permissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2251278 technical-description, exploit, permissions-required, broken-link