CVE-2023-1787

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-04-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-400

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 15.9 before 15.9.4, all versions starting from 15.10 before 15.10.1. A search timeout could be triggered if a specific HTML payload was used in the issue description.

Affected products

GitLab: from 15.9.0 before 15.9.4; 15.10.0 — fixed in 15.9.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 15.9.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-1787.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/394817
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-1787.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/394817

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