CVE-2023-6736 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-6736: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab

Vendor Gitlab
Product GitLab
Weakness CWE-1333
Published February 7, 2024
Last update April 24, 2026
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CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 11.3 before 16.7.6, all versions starting from 16.8 before 16.8.3, all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.1. It was possible for an attacker to cause a client-side denial of service using malicious crafted content in the CODEOWNERS file.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 7, 2024 CVE published
April 24, 2026 Record updated