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.

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)

EPSS: 0.015 (72.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 12.2.3
N/a Gitlab — versions 12.2.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

support@hackerone.com (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

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.