What is the severity of CVE-2020-26414?

CVE-2020-26414 is considered to have a medium severity due to its potential for Denial of Service when processing specially crafted input.

How do I fix CVE-2020-26414?

To fix CVE-2020-26414, it is recommended to upgrade GitLab to version 13.5.6 or later, or versions 13.6.4 and above.

Which versions of GitLab are affected by CVE-2020-26414?

CVE-2020-26414 affects all GitLab versions starting from 12.4.0 up to 13.5.6 and versions from 13.6.0 up to 13.6.4.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2020-26414?

CVE-2020-26414 is a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability.

Is CVE-2020-26414 easy to exploit?

Exploiting CVE-2020-26414 requires an attacker to craft a malicious input string that specifically targets the regex implementation.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2020-26414

medium

6.5

15/1/2021

4/8/2024

CVE-2020-26414

First published: Fri Jan 15 2021(Updated: )

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 12.4. The regex used for package names is written in a way that makes execution time have quadratic growth based on the length of the malicious input string.

Credit: cve@gitlab.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
GitLab	>=12.4.0<13.5.6
GitLab	>=12.4.0<13.5.6
GitLab	>=13.6.0<13.6.4
GitLab	>=13.6.0<13.6.4
GitLab	>=13.7.0<13.7.2
GitLab	>=13.7.0<13.7.2

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-26414?
CVE-2020-26414 is considered to have a medium severity due to its potential for Denial of Service when processing specially crafted input.
How do I fix CVE-2020-26414?
To fix CVE-2020-26414, it is recommended to upgrade GitLab to version 13.5.6 or later, or versions 13.6.4 and above.
Which versions of GitLab are affected by CVE-2020-26414?
CVE-2020-26414 affects all GitLab versions starting from 12.4.0 up to 13.5.6 and versions from 13.6.0 up to 13.6.4.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2020-26414?
CVE-2020-26414 is a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability.
Is CVE-2020-26414 easy to exploit?
Exploiting CVE-2020-26414 requires an attacker to craft a malicious input string that specifically targets the regex implementation.

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agent/type
agent/author
agent/softwarecombine
agent/description
collector/mitre-cve
source/MITRE
agent/last-modified-date
agent/severity
agent/first-publish-date
agent/event
agent/source
agent/tags
collector/nvd-index
agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
vendor/gitlab
canonical/gitlab
version/gitlab/12.4.0
version/gitlab/13.6.0
version/gitlab/13.7.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-26414?
CVE-2020-26414 is considered to have a medium severity due to its potential for Denial of Service when processing specially crafted input.
How do I fix CVE-2020-26414?
To fix CVE-2020-26414, it is recommended to upgrade GitLab to version 13.5.6 or later, or versions 13.6.4 and above.
Which versions of GitLab are affected by CVE-2020-26414?
CVE-2020-26414 affects all GitLab versions starting from 12.4.0 up to 13.5.6 and versions from 13.6.0 up to 13.6.4.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2020-26414?
CVE-2020-26414 is a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability.
Is CVE-2020-26414 easy to exploit?
Exploiting CVE-2020-26414 requires an attacker to craft a malicious input string that specifically targets the regex implementation.