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CVE-2023-6736

Published: Feb 7, 2024

Modified: Apr 24, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.5

MEDIUM

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

GitLab

GitLab

affected
11.3 - < 16.7.6
affected
16.8 - < 16.8.3
affected
16.9 - < 16.9.1

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-1333

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

GitLab Issue #435036
issue-tracking
permissions-required
HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2269023
technical-description
exploit
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