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high 7.5

CVE-2023-2198 json

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 8.7 before 15.10.8, all versions starting from 15.11 befo…

published 3y ago modified 2mo ago also BIT-gitlab-2023-2198 , EUVD-2023-33711

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 8.7 before 15.10.8, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A Regular Expression Denial of Service was possible via sending crafted payloads to the preview_markdown endpoint.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami gitlab 15.10.8, 15.11.7, 16.0.2
  • gitlab gitlab 15.10.8, 15.11.7, 16.0.2
  • gitlab gitlab_enterprise 15.10.8, 15.11.7, 16.0.2

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

1.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-14).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/408273 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami gitlab
>=8.7.0, <15.10.8
>=15.11.0, <15.11.7
>=16.0.0, <16.0.2
15.10.8
15.11.7
16.0.2

Affected products

  • GitLab GitLab

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Enhance with deb and rpm package type records.