BIT-gitlab-2023-6159

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    BIT-gitlab-2023-6159

    Published: 6 Mar 2024Last Modified: 8 Sept 2026
    Aliases:
    CVE-2023-6159

    Summary: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab

    Details: 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.

    References: https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/25/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-8-1-released/, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/431924, https://hackerone.com/reports/2251278, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6159

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gitlab

    Purl: pkg:bitnami/gitlab

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 12.7.0
    Fixed -16.6.6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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