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CVE-2023-3994

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 9.3 before 16.0.8, all versions starti

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 9.3 before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. A Regular Expression Denial of Service was possible via sending crafted payloads which use ProjectReferenceFilter to the preview_markdown endpoint.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.00299
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  • SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-1333Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
CWE-1333Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
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Affected Products & Versions

3
gitlab>= 9.3 and < 16.0.8
gitlab>= 16.1 and < 16.1.3
gitlab>= 16.2 and < 16.2.2
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · cve@gitlab.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD02 Aug 2023 · 01:15 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
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Vendor Advisories

1
gitlab-securitypatch-release-gitlab-16-2-2-released
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/416225Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/1963255Permissions Required
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