CVE-2023-6159
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.5 · CWE-1333
6.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.7 prior to 16.6.6, 16.7 prior to 16.7.4, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.1 It was possible for an attacker to trigger a Regular Expression Denial of Service via a `Cargo.toml` containing maliciously crafted input.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/25/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-8-1-released/Advisory
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/25/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-8-1-released/Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/431924
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2251278
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/431924
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2251278