Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-6736
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 11.3 before 16.7.6, all versions starting from 16.8 before 16.8.3, all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.1. It was possible for an attacker to cause a client-side denial of service using malicious crafted content in the CODEOWNERS file.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2023-6736
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.9.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-6736
0.06%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 28 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2023-6736
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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6.5
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
2.8
|
3.6
|
GitLab Inc. | 2024-02-07 |
6.5
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
2.8
|
3.6
|
NIST | 2024-03-04 |
CWE ids for CVE-2023-6736
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The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.Assigned by:
- cve@gitlab.com (Secondary)
- nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
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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-2023-6736
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https://hackerone.com/reports/2269023
Sign in | HackerOnePermissions Required;Technical Description
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https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/435036
Not FoundIssue Tracking;Vendor Advisory
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