What is CVE-2019-15722?

CVE-2019-15722 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2019-15722?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-15722 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in GitLab

CVE-2019-15722

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 8.15 through 12.2.1. Particular mathematical expressions in GitLab Markdown can exhaust client resources.

EPSS: 0.019 (77.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gitlab
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15722?: CVE-2019-15722 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2019-15722?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-15722 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.