An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.4 prior to 17.1.7, starting from 17.2 prior to 17.2.5, starting from 17.3 prior to 17.3.2 which could cause Denial of Service via sending a specific POST request.
Weakness
The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gitlab | Gitlab | 16.4.0 (including) | 17.1.7 (excluding) |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | 17.2.0 (including) | 17.2.5 (excluding) |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | 17.3.0 (including) | 17.3.2 (excluding) |
| Gitlab | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |
| Gitlab | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
Extended Description
Attackers can create crafted inputs that
intentionally cause the regular expression to use
excessive backtracking in a way that causes the CPU
consumption to spike.