{"id":"BIT-gitlab-2023-6159","summary":"Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab","details":"An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.7 prior to 16.6.6, 16.7 prior to 16.7.4, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.1 It was possible for an attacker to trigger a Regular Expression Denial of Service via a `Cargo.toml` containing maliciously crafted input.","aliases":["CVE-2023-6159"],"modified":"2025-05-20T10:02:07.006Z","published":"2024-03-06T10:54:58.964Z","database_specific":{"severity":"Medium","cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.8.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.8.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/25/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-8-1-released/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/431924"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/2251278"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6159"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"gitlab","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/gitlab"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"12.7.0"},{"fixed":"16.6.6"},{"introduced":"16.7.0"},{"fixed":"16.7.4"},{"introduced":"16.8.0"},{"fixed":"16.8.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/gitlab/BIT-gitlab-2023-6159.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}