CVE-2018-15472 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions prior to versions 11.1.7, 11.2.4, and 11.3.1. The flaw allows the diff formatter, utilizing Rouge, to cause Sidekiq jobs to block indefinitely without a timeout. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-exploitable issue with low attack complexity that can lead to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available Metasploit or Nuclei exploits, though it has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 11.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
< 11.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.2.0, < 11.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.2.0, < 11.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
11.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:11.3.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.