What is CVE-2024-2800?

CVE-2024-2800 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-08-08.

How severe is CVE-2024-2800?

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

Vulnerability in Gitlab

CVE-2024-2800

ReDoS flaw in RefMatcher when matching branch names using wildcards in GitLab EE/CE affecting all versions from 11.3 prior to 17.0.6, 17.1 prior to 17.1.4, and 17.2 prior to 17.2.2 allows denial of service via Regex backtracking.

Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.5th 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 11.3, 17.1, 17.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1333 — Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

References

cve@gitlab.com (issue-tracking, permissions-required, Broken Link)
cve@gitlab.com (Permissions Required, technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-2800?: CVE-2024-2800 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-08-08.
How severe is CVE-2024-2800?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.