Bug 2228517 (CVE-2023-3364)

Summary: CVE-2023-3364 gitlab: ReDoS when sending crafted payloads which use AutolinkFilter
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Borja Tarraso <btarraso>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dfreiber, jburrell, rogbas, vkumar
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Fixed In Version: gitlab 16.0.8, gitlab 16.1.3, gitlab 16.2.2 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Description Borja Tarraso 2023-08-02 14:14:14 UTC
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 8.14 before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. A Regular Expression Denial of Service was possible via sending crafted payloads which use AutolinkFilter to the preview_markdown endpoint.