Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-6489
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.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2023-6489
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-6489
0.56%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 67 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2023-6489
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4.3
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
2.8
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1.4
|
GitLab Inc. | 2024-04-12 |
|
6.5
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
2.8
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3.6
|
NIST | 2024-12-11 |
CWE ids for CVE-2023-6489
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The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.Assigned by: cve@gitlab.com (Secondary)
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The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles.Assigned by:
- cve@gitlab.com (Secondary)
- nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2023-6489
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https://hackerone.com/reports/2262450
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https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/433520
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