What is CVE-2024-2829?

CVE-2024-2829 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-04-25.

How severe is CVE-2024-2829?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gitlab

CVE-2024-2829

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.5 before 16.9.6, all versions starting from 16.10 before 16.10.4, all versions starting from 16.11 before 16.11.1. A crafted wildcard filter in FileFinder may lead to a denial of service.

Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.260 (97.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 12.5, 16.10, 16.11

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-2024-2829?: CVE-2024-2829 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-04-25.
How severe is CVE-2024-2829?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.