CVE-2023-6688: An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.11 prior to 16.11.2. A problem with the processing logic for Google Chat…

PriorityP434medium6.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRLUINSUCNINAH

EPSS

0.74%

50.2th percentile

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.11 prior to 16.11.2. A problem with the processing logic for Google Chat Messages integration may lead to a regular expression DoS attack on the server.

Affected

5 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	gitlab	< gitlab 17.3.5-2 (sid)	gitlab 17.3.5-2 (sid)
gitlab	gitlab	—	—
gitlab	gitlab	>= 16.11 < 16.11.2	16.11.2
gitlab	gitlab	>= 16.11.0 < 16.11.2	16.11.2
gitlab	gitlab_ce	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

osv6.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian6.5MEDIUM

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