VYPR
Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 12, 2024· Updated Nov 20, 2025

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab

CVE-2023-6489

Description

A denial of service vulnerability was identified in GitLab CE/EE, versions 16.7.7 prior to 16.8.6, 16.9 prior to 16.9.4 and 16.10 prior to 16.10.2 which allows an attacker to spike the GitLab instance resources usage resulting in service degradation via chat integration feature.

Affected products

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  • GitLab Inc./GitLabv52 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: 16.7.7
    • (no CPE)range: >=16.7.7 <16.8.6, >=16.9 <16.9.4, >=16.10 <16.10.2
  • osv-coords
    Range: >= 16.7.7, < 16.8.6

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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News mentions

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