What is CVE-2020-13280?

CVE-2020-13280 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-08-13.

How severe is CVE-2020-13280?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in GitLab

CVE-2020-13280

For GitLab before 13.0.12, 13.1.6, 13.2.3 a memory exhaustion flaw exists due to excessive logging of an invite email error message.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2020-08-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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: 0.011 (62.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 62.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GitLab — versions <13.0.12, >=13.1, <13.1.6, >=13.2, <13.2.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/28291 (Broken Link)
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-13280.json (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-13280?: CVE-2020-13280 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-08-13.
How severe is CVE-2020-13280?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.