CVE-2023-2198

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 8.7 before 15.10.8, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A Regular Expression Denial of Service was possible via sending crafted payloads to the preview_markdown endpoint.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2198.json	Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/408273	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/1947187	Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2198.json	Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/408273	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/1947187	Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/408273	Broken Link

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

History

07 Jan 2025, 17:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/408273 - Broken Link~~	() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/408273 - Broken Link

Information

Published : 2023-06-07 17:15

Updated : 2025-01-07 17:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-2198

Mitre link : CVE-2023-2198

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-2198

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-1333

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

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