{"id":"CVE-2019-10640","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-10640","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:42:22.898Z","title":"A regex input validation issue for the .gitlab-ci.yml refs value allows Uncontrolled Resource Consumption.","description":"An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.7.10, 11.8.x before 11.8.6, and 11.9.x before 11.9.4. A regex input validation issue for the .gitlab-ci.yml refs value allows Uncontrolled Resource Consumption.","published":"2019-05-15T19:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:11:26.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-77"],"affected":["gitlab/gitlab"],"epss":{"score":0.02216,"percentile":0.82549,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.22%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://about.gitlab.com/2019/04/01/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-9-dot-4-released/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/49665","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://about.gitlab.com/2019/04/01/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-9-dot-4-released/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/49665","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10640","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}