CVE-2023-6159 — Regex Denial of Service in Gitlab

CWE-1333 — Regex Denial of Service6 documents5 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV6.1
EPSS
0.2%
top 56.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
GitlabDebian GitlabGitlab CE
Timeline
PublishedJan 26
Latest updateDec 11

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5gitlab/gitlab12.7 — 16.6.6+2
▶NVDgitlab/gitlab12.7.0 — 16.6.6+2
▶debiandebian/gitlab< gitlab 16.6.6-1 (sid)
▶gitlabgitlab/gitlab

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
python-tornado vulnerabilities↗2024-12-11
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OSV
CVE-2023-6159: An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12↗2024-01-26
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GHSA
GHSA-6hch-mpjp-2743: An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12↗2024-01-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

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GitLab
CVE-2023-6159: 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 p↗2024-01-26
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Debian
CVE-2023-6159: gitlab - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.7 pr...↗2023
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