CVE-2024-2800: ReDoS flaw in RefMatcher when matching branch names using wildcards in GitLab EE/CE affecting all versions from 11.3 prior to 17.0.6, 17.1 prior to 17.1.4, and…

PriorityP339high7.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH

EPSS

0.68%

47.6th percentile

ReDoS flaw in RefMatcher when matching branch names using wildcards in GitLab EE/CE affecting all versions from 11.3 prior to 17.0.6, 17.1 prior to 17.1.4, and 17.2 prior to 17.2.2 allows denial of service via Regex backtracking.

Affected

9 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	>= 11.3 < 17.0.6	17.0.6
gitlab	gitlab	>= 11.3.0 < 17.0.6	17.0.6
gitlab	gitlab	>= 17.1 < 17.1.4	17.1.4
gitlab	gitlab	>= 17.1.0 < 17.1.4	17.1.4
gitlab	gitlab	>= 17.2 < 17.2.2	17.2.2
gitlab	gitlab	>= 17.2.0 < 17.2.2	17.2.2
gitlab	gitlab_ee	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

osv7.5HIGH

vendor_debian6.5MEDIUM

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