CVE-2023-6159 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab

2024-01-2602:02:29

CWE-1333

GitLab

www.cve.org

gitlab security issue

regular expression denial of service

cve-2023-6159

inefficient complexity

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

18.4%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "GitLab",
    "product": "GitLab",
    "repo": "git://[email protected]:gitlab-org/gitlab.git",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "12.7",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "16.6.6",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "16.7",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "16.7.4",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "16.8",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "16.8.1",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]