CVE-2020-26414
The regex used for package names is written in a way that makes execution time have quadratic growth based on the length of the malicious input string.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.59%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 12.4. The regex used for package names is written in a way that makes execution time have quadratic growth based on the length of the malicious input string.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.59% probability · 76th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gitlab/gitlab
- Source
- cve@gitlab.com
EPSS 1.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-26414.jsonThird Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/270199Broken Link
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-26414.jsonThird Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/270199Broken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.