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CVE-2023-3994

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in GitLab

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Attend
*SSVC
Descriptions

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 9.3 before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. A Regular Expression Denial of Service was possible via sending crafted payloads which use ProjectReferenceFilter to the preview_markdown endpoint.

Se ha descubierto un problema en GitLab CE/EE que afecta a todas las versiones a partir de la 9.3 antes de la 16.0.8, todas las versiones a partir de la 16.1 antes de la 16.1.3, todas las versiones a partir de la 16.2 antes de la 16.2.2. Una Denegación de Servicio de Expresión Regular era posible a través del envío de payloads elaborados que utilizan ProjectReferenceFilter al endpoint preview_markdown.

*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:Attend
Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-07-28 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-08-02 CVE Published
  • 2024-09-03 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-09-18 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
CAPEC
References (1)
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Gitlab
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Gitlab
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>= 9.3 < 16.0.8
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community
Affected
Gitlab
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Gitlab
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>= 9.3 < 16.0.8
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enterprise
Affected
Gitlab
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Gitlab
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>= 16.1 < 16.1.3
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community
Affected
Gitlab
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Gitlab
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>= 16.1 < 16.1.3
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enterprise
Affected
Gitlab
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Gitlab
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>= 16.2 < 16.2.2
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community
Affected
Gitlab
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Gitlab
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>= 16.2 < 16.2.2
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enterprise
Affected