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CVE-2020-13325 (GCVE-0-2020-13325)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-09-29 18:33 – Updated: 2024-08-04 12:18
VLAI
Summary
A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab versions prior 13.1. The comment section of the issue page was not restricting the characters properly, potentially resulting in a denial of service.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CWE
  • Improper input validation in GitLab
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GitLab GitLab Affected: >=12.9, <12.10.13
Affected: >=13.0, <13.0.8
Affected: >=13.1, <13.1.2
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Credits
Thanks [@tiradorngpilipinas)](https://hackerone.com/tiradorngpilipinas) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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