BIT-gitlab-2023-3909

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Import Source
https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/gitlab/BIT-gitlab-2023-3909.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/BIT-gitlab-2023-3909
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Published
2024-03-06T11:02:58.072Z
Modified
2025-05-20T10:02:07.006Z
Summary
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab
Details

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.3 before 16.3.6, all versions starting from 16.4 before 16.4.2, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.1. A Regular Expression Denial of Service was possible by adding a large string in timeout input in gitlab-ci.yml file.

Database specific
{
    "severity": "Medium",
    "cpes": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.5.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.5.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Bitnami / gitlab

Package

Name
gitlab
Purl
pkg:bitnami/gitlab

Severity

  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
12.3.0
Fixed
16.3.6
Introduced
16.4.0
Fixed
16.4.2
Introduced
16.5.0
Fixed
16.5.1