CVE-2023-6736

mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.006 · 51 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.64% (51st) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

12 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6

v3.16.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · cve@gitlab.comexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6

v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-1333USprimaryCWE-400US

affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

GitLab GitLab11.3 → 16.7.6enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab16.8 → 16.8.3enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab16.9 → 16.9.1enisa_euvdEU
GitLab Inc. Gitlab11.3 → 16.6.7fstec_bduRU
GitLab Inc. Gitlab16.7 → 16.7.5fstec_bduRU
GitLab Inc. Gitlab16.8 → 16.8.2fstec_bduRU
gitlab gitlab11.3.0 → 16.7.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab16.8.0 → 16.8.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab= 16.9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami gitlab11.3.0 → 16.7.6osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab16.8.0 → 16.8.3osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab16.9.0 → 16.9.1osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-0317GitLab: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-02-07csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentifizierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in GitLab ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen oder Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen.
WID-SEC-W-2024-0460GitLab: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-02-21csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentifizierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in GitLab ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, Dateien zu manipulieren, seine Privilegien zu erweitern oder einen Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS)-Angriff durchzuführen.
BIT-gitlab-2023-6736Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
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.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd osv cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-02-07modified 2026-06-17

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references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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