CVE-2021-39917

Medium

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.9 before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2. A regular expression related to quick actions features was susceptible to catastrophic backtracking that could cause a DOS attack.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductGitlab
PublishedDec 13, 2021
First seenDec 13, 2021

How to fix

Update
  • gitlab gitlab14.3.6, 14.4.4, 14.5.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
gitlab gitlab12.9.0 ≤ v < 14.3.6, 14.4.0 ≤ v < 14.4.4, 14.5.0 ≤ v < 14.5.214.3.6, 14.4.4, 14.5.2

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