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Status published
Medium
CVE-2020-26409
A DOS vulnerability exists in Gitlab CE/EE >=10.3, <13.4.7,>=13.5, <13.5.5,>=13.6,...
Vulnerability Description
A DOS vulnerability exists in Gitlab CE/EE >=10.3, <13.4.7,>=13.5, <13.5.5,>=13.6, <13.6.2 that allows an attacker to trigger uncontrolled resource by bypassing input validation in markdown fields.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Thanks [misha98857](https://hackerone.com/misha98857) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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Affected Vendor
GitLab
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GitLab CE/EE
Vulnerable Versions:
>=10.3, <13.4.7, >=13.5, <13.5.5, >=13.6, <13.6.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 11th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.