Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 25, 2024· Updated Nov 20, 2025

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab

CVE-2024-2829

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.5 before 16.9.6, all versions starting from 16.10 before 16.10.4, all versions starting from 16.11 before 16.11.1. A crafted wildcard filter in FileFinder may lead to a denial of service.

Affected products

GitLab Inc./GitLabv5
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: 12.5
GitLab Inc./GitLab CE/EEllm-fuzzy
Range: >=12.5, <16.9.6, >=16.10, <16.10.4, >=16.11, <16.11.1
osv-coords
pkg:bitnami/gitlab
Range: >= 12.5.0, < 16.9.6

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

hackerone.com/reports/2416728mitretechnical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/451456mitreissue-trackingpermissions-required

News mentions

GitLab Patch Release: 16.11.1, 16.10.4, 16.9.6
GitLab Security Releases · Apr 24, 2024

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