#VU89272 Incorrect Regular Expression in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2024-2878

Vulnerability identifier: #VU89272

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2878

CWE-ID: CWE-185

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Gitlab Community Edition
Universal components / Libraries / Software for developers
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Universal components / Libraries / Software for developers

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 branch search when using wildcards. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 15.7.0 - 16.11.1

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 15.7.0 - 16.11.1

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External links
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/05/08/patch-release-gitlab-16-11-2-released/

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.