Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.4 before 18.2.7, 18.3 before 18.3.3, and 18.4 before 18.4.1 where certain string conversion methods exhibit performance degradation with large inputs.
Problem types
CWE-840: Business Logic Errors
Product status
17.4 before 18.2.7
18.3 before 18.3.3
18.4 before 18.4.1
Credits
Thanks [reporter](https://hackerone.com/reporter) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
References
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/526482 (GitLab Issue #526482)