Vulnerability in GitLab
CVE-2023-6678
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions before 16.8.6, all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.4, all versions starting from 16.10 before 16.10.2. It was possible for an attacker to cause a denial of service using malicious crafted content in a junit test report file.
Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (46.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GitLab — versions 0, 16.9, 16.10
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/434689 (issue-tracking, permissions-required, Broken Link)
- hackerone.com/reports/2268037 (Permissions Required, technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-6678?
- CVE-2023-6678 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-04-12.
- How severe is CVE-2023-6678?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.