cve/2023/CVE-2023-6159.md

### [CVE-2023-6159](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6159)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=GitLab&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=12.7%3C%2016.6.6%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-1333%3A%20Inefficient%20Regular%20Expression%20Complexity&color=brighgreen)

### Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.7 prior to 16.6.6, 16.7 prior to 16.7.4, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.1 It was possible for an attacker to trigger a Regular Expression Denial of Service via a `Cargo.toml` containing maliciously crafted input.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/0xfschott/CVE-search