CVE-2019-15722

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Published Sep 16, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed

Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 8.15 through 12.2.1. Particular mathematical expressions in GitLab Markdown can exhaust client resources.

Affected Products

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	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:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-6658	An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 8.15 through 12.2.1. Particular mathematical expressions in GitLab Markdown can exhaust client resources.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.9% (1.871% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://about.gitlab.com/2019/08/29/security-release-gitlab-12-dot-2-dot-3-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/61410

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab

Weaknesses

CWE-770

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 12:56 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 16, 2019, 4:45 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 12:56 AM
Reserved: Aug 28, 2019, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:20 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 16, 2019, 5:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:20 AM

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