CVE-2023-3994

Summary

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 9.3 before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. A Regular Expression Denial of Service was possible via sending crafted payloads which use ProjectReferenceFilter to the preview_markdown endpoint.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
GitLabGitLab9.3 < 16.0.8affected
GitLabGitLab16.1 < 16.1.3affected
GitLabGitLab16.2 < 16.2.2affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-1333: CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: yes
    • Technical Impact: partial

References