vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2020-26414)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jan 15, 2021 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 15, 2021
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 12.4. The regex used for package names is written in a way that makes execution time have quadratic growth based on the length of the malicious input string. The issue is mitigated in GitLab version 13.7.2, 13.6.4, and 13.5.6.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2020-26414
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-26414
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-18961
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-26414.json
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/270199
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202101-10
- EUVD-EUVD-2020-18961
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