CVE-2020-13333
MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: October 6, 2020 at 06:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:52 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGitLab
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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in GitLab versions 13.1, 13.2 and 13.3. The api to update an asset as a link from a release had a regex check which caused exponential number of backtracks for certain user supplied values resulting in high CPU usage.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 13.2.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 13.3.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 13.4.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-13333.jsonx_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/218753x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://hackerone.com/reports/870820CVSS
4.3MEDIUMGitLab
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- LOW
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400
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