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CVE-2023-3909

A Regular Expression Denial of Service was possible by adding a large string in timeout input in gitlab-ci.yml file.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.60%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.60%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.3 before 16.3.6, all versions starting from 16.4 before 16.4.2, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.1. A Regular Expression Denial of Service was possible by adding a large string in timeout input in gitlab-ci.yml file.

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
0.60% probability · 47th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-1333
Affected
gitlab/gitlab
Source
cve@gitlab.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.