CVE-2023-3994
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.30%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2023-3994
To remediate CVE-2023-3994, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 16.0.8 or later
Is CVE-2023-3994 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 9.3.0, < 16.0.8, >= 16.1.0, < 16.1.3, >= 16.2.0, < 16.2.2
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 |