GitLab CE/EE 13.7+ Vulnerability: EXIF Stripping Causes CPU Exhaustion

CVE-2021-39907 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE/EE starting with version 13.7. The stripping of EXIF data from certain images resulted in high CPU usage.

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