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CVE-2020-13281
For GitLab before 13.0.12, 13.1.6, 13.2.3 a denial of service exists in the project import feature
Medium6.5EPSS 1.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitLab
Description
For GitLab before 13.0.12, 13.1.6, 13.2.3 a denial of service exists in the project import feature
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitLab
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitLabCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
- Improper handling of highly compressed data (data amplification) in GitLab
- CWE-400 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-400 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (3)
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/31564 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://hackerone.com/reports/687730 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-13281.json (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2020-13281)Record last updated .