What is CVE-2023-2232?

CVE-2023-2232 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-06-28.

How severe is CVE-2023-2232?

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

Vulnerability in Gitlab

CVE-2023-2232

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 15.10 before 16.1, leading to a ReDoS vulnerability in the Jira prefix

Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.016 (73.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions >=15.10, <16.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1333 — Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

References

cve@gitlab.com (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
cve@gitlab.com (Permissions Required)
cve@gitlab.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2232?: CVE-2023-2232 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-06-28.
How severe is CVE-2023-2232?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.