CVE-2023-3909
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.6%
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.3 before 16.3.6, all versions starting from 16.4 before 16.4.2, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.1. A Regular Expression Denial of Service was possible by adding a large string in timeout input in gitlab-ci.yml file.
- Affected
- GitLab
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS v3.1 GITLAB
- 4.3 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - EPSS
- 0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 48th percentile
- Published
- 2023-11-06
- Updated
- 2025-11-20