What is CVE-2020-13342?

CVE-2020-13342 is a low-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 2.7/10. Published 2020-10-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-13342?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.7 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in GitLab

CVE-2020-13342

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting versions prior to 13.2.10, 13.3.7 and 13.4.2: Lack of Rate Limiting at Re-Sending Confirmation Email

Published 2020-10-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GitLab — versions >=10.1.0, <13.2.10, >=13.3, <13.3.7, >=13.4, <13.4.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/222966 (Broken Link)
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-13342.json (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-13342?: CVE-2020-13342 is a low-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 2.7/10. Published 2020-10-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-13342?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.7 out of 10.