CVE-2023-6736

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab

Published Feb 7, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to versions 16.9.1, 16.8.3, 16.7.6 or above.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-58949 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.
History
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Weaknesses CWE-400
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Title Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in GitLab Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab
Weaknesses CWE-1333
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitLab
Published
Updated
Apr 24, 2026, 4:07 AM
Reserved
Dec 12, 2023, 3:30 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Feb 7, 2024, 10:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:51 AM