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.
- agent/references
- 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