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CVE-2019-10640

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  • Published2019-05-15
  • Fixed in11.9.4 · 11.8.6 · 11.7.10
  • WeaknessCWE-77

Am I affected?

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Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.7.10, 11.8.x before 11.8.6, and 11.9.x before 11.9.4. A regex input validation issue for the .gitlab-ci.yml refs value allows Uncontrolled Resource Consumption.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2019-05-1519:29CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD
GitLab
BranchAffectedFixed in
11.9≥ 11.9.0, < 11.9.411.9.4
11.8≥ 11.8.0, < 11.8.611.8.6
11.7< 11.7.1011.7.10

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • gitlabUbuntu:16.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • gitlab-elasticsearch-indexerMinimOSall versions · fixed in 0and 2 other packages
  • gitlab-operator-fipsChainguardall versions · fixed in 0and 1 other package

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update GitLab to 11.9.4 · 11.8.6 · 11.7.10

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2019-05-15
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-pqhq-pv8w-43hj

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-10640?

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.7.10, 11.8.x before 11.8.6, and 11.9.x before 11.9.4. A regex input validation issue for the .gitlab-ci.yml refs value allows Uncontrolled Resource Consumption.

Is CVE-2019-10640 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2019-10640 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 2.2% on 2026-11-09, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-10640?

CVE-2019-10640 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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