CVE-2020-13325 — A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab versions prior 13

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.

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitLab	GitLab	>=12.9, <12.10.13, >=13.0, <13.0.8, >=13.1, <13.1.2

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-09-29T18:33:33.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T12:18:17.028Z

09References

• gitlab.com — https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/215978
• gitlab.com — https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-13325.json