Name: CVE-2023-6678: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2024-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2023-6678, CWE-1333, CVSS 4.3, EPSS 0.00586

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions before 16.8.6, all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.4, all versions starting from 16.10 before 16.10.2. It was possible for an attacker to cause a denial of service using malicious crafted content in a junit test report file.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.3
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Freebsd	—	Upgrade gitlab-ce	Dec 10, 2025	Apr 11, 2024
Gitlab Gitlab	—	Upgrade Gitlab to the latest version	Apr 22, 2025	Apr 12, 2024

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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