CVE-2023-2198
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.2%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2023-2198
To remediate CVE-2023-2198, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Bitnami/gitlab—upgrade to 15.10.8 or later
Is CVE-2023-2198 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 8.7.0, < 15.10.8, >= 15.11.0, < 15.11.7, >= 16.0.0, < 16.0.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |