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CVE-2023-3205 json

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab

published 3y ago modified 2mo ago also BIT-gitlab-2023-3205 , EUVD-2023-43883

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 15.11 before 16.1.5, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1. An authenticated user could trigger a denial of service when importing or cloning malicious content.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami gitlab 16.1.5, 16.2.5, 16.3.1
  • GitLab GitLab 16.1.5, 16.2.5, 16.3.1

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-14).

Exploits and checks

  • hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/2011464 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami gitlab
>=15.11.0, <16.1.5
>=16.2.0, <16.2.5
>=16.3.0, <16.3.1
16.1.5
16.2.5
16.3.1

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.