CVE-2023-6159

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.7 prior to 16.6.6, 16.7 prior to 16.7.4, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.1 It was possible for an attacker to trigger a Regular Expression Denial of Service via a `Cargo.toml` containing maliciously crafted input.

CVSS v3.1

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 60th percentile

Published

2024-01-26

Updated

2026-08-14

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://hackerone.com/reports/2251278

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2023-6155
• CVE-2023-6161
• CVE-2023-6152
• CVE-2023-6163
• CVE-2023-6141
• CVE-2023-6165