CVE-2023-3424
HighCVSS 7.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk50th percentile - higher than 50% of all known CVEs
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 10.3 before 15.11.10, all versions from 16.0 before 16.0.6, and all versions from 16.1 before 16.1.1. A Regular Expression Denial of Service was possible via sending crafted payloads to the preview_markdown endpoint.
Risk Assessment
Organizations may be vulnerable to DoS attacks, which could lead to service unavailability of GitLab. This can impact operational continuity and application availability.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update GitLab to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability. Additionally, monitor traffic to the preview_markdown endpoint for potential attacks.
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Original NVD description (English source)
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 10.3 before 15.11.10, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.6, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.1. A Regular Expression Denial of Service was possible via sending crafted payloads to the preview_markdown endpoint.