Vulnerability · Published Jun 20, 2025 · Assigned by GitLab
CVE-2024-4025Inefficient 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 0.6% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 53.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A Denial of Service (DoS) condition has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 7.10 prior before 16.11.5, version 17.0 before 17.0.3, and 17.1 before 17.1.1. It is possible for an attacker to cause a denial of service using a crafted markdown page.
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 #457474 issue-tracking, permissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2024974 technical-description, exploit, permissions-required