CVE-2023-2132: High severity gitlab vulnerability

Published Jun 6, 2023
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Updated

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.4 before 15.10.8, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A DollarMathPostFilter Regular Expression Denial of Service in was possible by sending crafted payloads to the previewmarkdown endpoint.

Affected Software

6 affected components
GitLab GitLab>=15.4.0<15.10.8
GitLab GitLab>=15.4.0<15.10.8
GitLab GitLab>=15.11.0<15.11.7
GitLab GitLab>=15.11.0<15.11.7
GitLab GitLab>=16.0.0<16.0.2
GitLab GitLab>=16.0.0<16.0.2

Event History

Jun 6, 2023
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2023-2132?

CVE-2023-2132 is considered a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential for causing Denial of Service (DoS) through regular expression exploitation.

2

How do I fix CVE-2023-2132?

To fix CVE-2023-2132, upgrade GitLab to version 15.10.8 or later, 15.11.7 or later, or 16.0.2 or later.

3

What types of GitLab versions are affected by CVE-2023-2132?

CVE-2023-2132 affects all GitLab CE/EE versions starting from 15.4 before 15.10.8, from 15.11 before 15.11.7, and from 16.0 before 16.0.2.

4

What is the nature of the vulnerability in CVE-2023-2132?

CVE-2023-2132 is a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability triggered by specially crafted payloads.

5

Who is affected by CVE-2023-2132?

All users of GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions within the specified versions are affected by CVE-2023-2132.

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