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CVE-2023-6502

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 (DoS) condition has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 16.10.6, version 16.11 before 16.11.3, and 17.0 before 17.0.1. It is possible for an attacker to cause a denial of service using a crafted wiki page.

Se descubrió una condición de denegación de servicio (DoS) en GitLab CE/EE que afecta a todas las versiones anteriores a 16.10.6, a la versión 16.11 anterior a 16.11.3 y a 17.0 anterior a 17.0.1. Es posible que un atacante provoque una denegación de servicio utilizando una página wiki manipulada.

*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
  • 2024-05-23 CVE Published
  • 2024-05-24 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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URL Date SRC
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URL Date SRC
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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 < 16.10.6
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en
Affected
GitLab
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 GitLab
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 >= 16.11.0 < 16.11.3
Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 16.11.0 < 16.11.3"
en
Affected
GitLab
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 GitLab
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 >= 17.0.0 < 17.0.1
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en
Affected