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CVE-2023-6489

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab

Severity Score

4.3
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

A denial of service vulnerability was identified in GitLab CE/EE, versions 16.7.7 prior to 16.8.6, 16.9 prior to 16.9.4 and 16.10 prior to 16.10.2 which allows an attacker to spike the GitLab instance resources usage resulting in service degradation via chat integration feature.

Se identificó una vulnerabilidad de denegación de servicio en GitLab CE/EE, versiones 16.7.7 anteriores a 16.8.6, 16.9 anteriores a 16.9.4 y 16.10 anteriores a 16.10.2, que permite a un atacante aumentar el uso de recursos de la instancia de GitLab, lo que resulta en servicio. degradación a través de la función de integración de chat.

*Credits: Thanks `Anonymizer` for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-12-04 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-04-12 CVE Published
  • 2024-04-12 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-10-03 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
CAPEC
References (0)
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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GitLab
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GitLab
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>= 16.7.7 < 16.8.6
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GitLab
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GitLab
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>= 16.9.0 < 16.9.4
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GitLab
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GitLab
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>= 16.10.0 < 16.10.2
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