CVE-2023-6489
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.02%
Description
A denial of service vulnerability was identified in GitLab CE/EE, versions 16.7.7 prior to 16.8.6, 16.9 prior to 16.9.4 and 16.10 prior to 16.10.2 which allows an attacker to spike the GitLab instance resources usage resulting in service degradation via chat integration feature.
How to fix CVE-2023-6489
To remediate CVE-2023-6489, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 16.8.6 or later
Is CVE-2023-6489 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 16.7.7, < 16.8.6, >= 16.9.0, < 16.9.4, >= 16.10.0, < 16.10.2
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 |