CVE-2020-26414
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 15, 2021 at 03:15 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:08 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGitLab
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 13.5.6v < 13.6.4v < 13.7.212.4.0 ≤ v < 13.5.613.6.0 ≤ v < 13.6.413.7.0 ≤ v < 13.7.2
Affected range stops below 13.5.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 13.6.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 13.7.2, 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 (2)
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-26414.jsonx_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/270199CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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