Vulnerability · Published May 9, 2024 · Assigned by GitLab
CVE-2024-2651Inefficient 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 33.3% (higher than 98% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)33.3%top 1.6% 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 before 16.9.7, all versions starting from 16.10 before 16.10.5, all versions starting from 16.11 before 16.11.2. It was possible for an attacker to cause a denial of service using maliciously crafted markdown 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 #450830 issue-tracking, permissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2408619 technical-description, exploit, permissions-required