Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 5, 2025· Updated Feb 5, 2025
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
CVE-2023-6386
Description
A denial of service vulnerability was identified in GitLab CE/EE, affecting all versions from 15.11 prior to 16.6.7, 16.7 prior to 16.7.5 and 16.8 prior to 16.8.2 which allows an attacker to spike the GitLab instance resource usage resulting in service degradation.
Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: 15.11
- (no CPE)range: >=15.11, <16.6.7; >=16.7, <16.7.5; >=16.8, <16.8.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- hackerone.com/reports/2261581mitretechnical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/433147mitreissue-trackingpermissions-required
News mentions
1- GitLab Security Release: 16.8.2, 16.7.5, 16.6.7GitLab Security Releases · Feb 7, 2024