CVE-2023-6159
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.57%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2023-6159
To remediate CVE-2023-6159, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 16.6.6 or later
Is CVE-2023-6159 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 12.7.0, < 16.6.6, >= 16.7.0, < 16.7.4, >= 16.8.0, < 16.8.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |