#VU95546 Incorrect Regular Expression in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition

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#VU95546 Incorrect Regular Expression in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition

Published: August 8, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU95546
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-185
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Software vendor:
GitLab, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing regular expressions in highlight for code results. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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