Incorrect Regular Expression in GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2020-13349

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Incorrect Regular Expression in GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2020-13349

Published: November 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU48133
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13349
CWE-ID: CWE-185
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: GitLab, Inc
Affected software:
GitLab Enterprise Edition

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a regular expression related to a file path resulted in the Advanced Search feature susceptible to catastrophic backtracking.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-13349

Install updates from vendor's website.

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