CVE-2023-3909

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 v3 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/418763	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/2050269	Permissions Required
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/418763	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/2050269	Permissions Required

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.5.0::::community:::
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.5.0::::enterprise:::

History

21 Nov 2024, 08:18

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/418763 - Broken Link~~	() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/418763 - Broken Link
References	~~() https://hackerone.com/reports/2050269 - Permissions Required~~	() https://hackerone.com/reports/2050269 - Permissions Required
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~6.5~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 4.3

08 Oct 2024, 19:08

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE	~~CWE-400~~

03 Oct 2024, 07:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-1333

Information

Published : 2023-11-06 13:15

Updated : 2025-05-05 14:11

NVD link : CVE-2023-3909

Mitre link : CVE-2023-3909

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-3909

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-1333

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

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