Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU95546

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

Published: August 8, 2024

Vulnerability identifier: #VU95546

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.3 [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]

CVE-ID: N/A

CWE-ID: CWE-185

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.

Affected software

Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition

Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 17.0.6, 17.1.4, 17.2.2
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 17.0.6, 17.1.4, 17.2.2

External References

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/08/07/patch-release-gitlab-17-2-2-released/

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