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CVE-2023-2198

 

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 8.7 before 15.10.8, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A Regular Expression Denial of Service was possible via sending crafted payloads to the preview_markdown endpoint.

*Credits: Thanks [ryhmnlfj](https://hackerone.com/ryhmnlfj) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-04-20 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-06-07 CVE Published
  • 2024-07-09 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Gitlab
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Gitlab
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>= 8.7.0 < 15.10.8
Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 8.7.0 < 15.10.8"
community
Affected
Gitlab
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Gitlab
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>= 8.7.0 < 15.10.8
Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 8.7.0 < 15.10.8"
enterprise
Affected
Gitlab
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Gitlab
Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"
>= 15.11.0 < 15.11.7
Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 15.11.0 < 15.11.7"
community
Affected
Gitlab
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Gitlab
Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"
>= 15.11.0 < 15.11.7
Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 15.11.0 < 15.11.7"
enterprise
Affected
Gitlab
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Gitlab
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>= 16.0.0 < 16.0.2
Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.0.0 < 16.0.2"
community
Affected
Gitlab
Search vendor "Gitlab"
Gitlab
Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"
>= 16.0.0 < 16.0.2
Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.0.0 < 16.0.2"
enterprise
Affected