What is CVE-2023-1787?

CVE-2023-1787 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-04-05.

How severe is CVE-2023-1787?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Gitlab

CVE-2023-1787

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 15.9 before 15.9.4, all versions starting from 15.10 before 15.10.1. A search timeout could be triggered if a specific HTML payload was used in the issue description.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.008 (51.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 15.10.0, >=15.9, <15.9.4, >=15.10, <15.10.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@gitlab.com (Broken Link)
cve@gitlab.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1787?: CVE-2023-1787 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-04-05.
How severe is CVE-2023-1787?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.