CVE-2024-8124 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab

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HIGH

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab

Published Sep 12, 2024

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 39.98%

Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.4 prior to 17.1.7, starting from 17.2 prior to 17.2.5, starting from 17.3 prior to 17.3.2 which could cause Denial of Service via sending a specific POST request.

Affected products

Vendor GitLab Product GitLab Default
unaffected
- Version
  16.4
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <17.1.7
- Version
  17.2
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <17.2.5
- Version
  17.3
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <17.3.2

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

GitLab

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
16.4	affected	<17.1.7
17.2	affected	<17.2.5
17.3	affected	<17.3.2

Remediation

Vendor solution

Upgrade to versions 17.3.2, 17.2.5, 17.1.7 or above.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-1333

References (4)

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/09/11/patch-release-gitlab-17-3-2-released/
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-48953
Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/480533
issue-trackingpermissions-requiredBroken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/2634880
technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-requiredPermissions Required

Link	Providers	Tags
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/09/11/patch-release-gitlab-17-3-2-released/
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-48953		Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/480533		issue-trackingpermissions-requiredBroken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/2634880		technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-requiredPermissions Required