CVE-2021-39940 (GCVE-0-2021-39940)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-13 15:47 – Updated: 2024-08-04 02:20
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 13.2 before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2. GitLab Maven Package registry is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when a specifically crafted string is sent.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CWE
- Uncontrolled resource consumption in GitLab
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/263116 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://hackerone.com/reports/997961 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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