CVE-2023-6159

MEDIUM

GitLab CE/EE <16.6.6-16.8.1 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (3)

[Vendor Advisory] https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/25/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-8-1-released/

[Broken Link] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/431924

[Permissions Required] https://hackerone.com/reports/2251278

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0021

EPSS Percentile 43.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-1333

Status published

Affected Products (4)

gitlab/gitlab < 16.6.6

gitlab/gitlab

Timeline

Published Jan 26, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026