Incorrect Regular Expression in GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2020-13349
Published: November 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU48133
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13349
CWE-ID: CWE-185
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
GitLab Enterprise Edition
How to mitigate CVE-2020-13349
Install updates from vendor's website.
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 13.3.9, 13.4.5, 13.5.2