Resource exhaustion in GitLab

CVE-2019-15593

GitLab 12.2.3 contains a security vulnerability that allows a user to affect the availability of the service through a Denial of Service attack in Issue Comments.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.6th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-15593: held from 0.015 to 0.015.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • GitLab — versions 12.2.3
  • GitLab — versions 12.2.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15593?
CVE-2019-15593 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-11-22.
How severe is CVE-2019-15593?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.