Description
A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 13.1 prior to 14.7.7, 14.8.0 prior to 14.8.5, and 14.9.0 prior to 14.9.2. The api to update an asset as a link from a release had a regex check which caused exponential number of backtracks for certain user supplied values resulting in high CPU usage.
Scores
CVSS v3
4.3
EPSS
0.0017
EPSS Percentile
37.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Details
CWE
CWE-772
Status
published
Products (1)
gitlab/gitlab
13.1.0 - 14.7.7 (2 CPE variants)
Published
Apr 04, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026