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CVE-2023-6159

MEDIUM
Published 2024-01-26T02:02:29.909Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
6.5
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2023.03.01
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-01-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.269
Higher than 26.9% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.7 prior to 16.6.6, 16.7 prior to 16.7.4, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.1 It was possible for an attacker to trigger a Regular Expression Denial of Service via a `Cargo.toml` containing maliciously crafted input.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

GitLab

GitLab

Affected Versions:

12.7 16.7 16.8

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-6hch-mpjp-2743

Advisory Details

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.7 prior to 16.6.6, 16.7 prior to 16.7.4, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.1 It was possible for an attacker to trigger a Regular Expression Denial of Service via a `Cargo.toml` containing maliciously crafted input.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6159
WEB https://hackerone.com/reports/2251278
WEB https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/25/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-8-1-released
WEB https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/431924

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: January 26, 2024, Modified: January 26, 2024

References

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/25/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-8-1-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/431924
https://hackerone.com/reports/2251278
Published: 2024-01-26T02:02:29.909Z
Last Modified: 2025-05-22T04:10:09.365Z
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