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    CVE-2023-6159

    An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.7 prior to 16.6.6, 16.7 prior to 16.7.4, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.1 It was possible for an attacker to trigger a Regular Expression Denial of Service via a `Cargo.toml` containing maliciously crafted input.

    Published:Jan 26, 2024
    Last Modified:Nov 20, 2025
    EPS:Jan 26, 2024
    EPSS Score:0.0027
    CVSS Score:6.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gitlab
    Product
    Gitlab

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-492 Regular Expression Exponential Blowup

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High