CVE-2023-6159

MEDIUM

GitLab 12.7-16.6.5, 16.7-16.7.3, 16.8 - Regular Expression Denial of Service via Malicious Cargo.toml Input

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 3
Core References
Broken Link issue-tracking permissions-required
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/431924
Permissions Required technical-description exploit permissions-required
https://hackerone.com/reports/2251278

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0099
EPSS Percentile 57.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-1333
Status published
Products (5)
gitlab/gitlab 16.8.0 (2 CPE variants)
GitLab/GitLab 12.7 - 16.6.6
gitlab/gitlab 12.7.0 - 16.6.6 (2 CPE variants)
GitLab/GitLab 16.7 - 16.7.4
GitLab/GitLab 16.8 - 16.8.1
Published Jan 26, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026