What is CVE-2020-13273?

CVE-2020-13273 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-06-19.

How severe is CVE-2020-13273?

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

Vulnerability in GitLab

CVE-2020-13273

A Denial of Service vulnerability allowed exhausting the system resources in GitLab CE/EE 12.0 and later through 13.0.1

Published 2020-06-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GitLab — versions >=12.0, <12.9.8, >=12.10, <12.10.7

References

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/207349 (Broken Link)
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-13273.json (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-13273?: CVE-2020-13273 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-06-19.
How severe is CVE-2020-13273?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.