Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 9, 2025· Updated May 9, 2025
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
CVE-2024-8973
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 17.1 prior to 17.9.8, from 17.10 prior to 17.10.6, and from 17.11 prior to 17.11.2. It was possible to cause a DoS condition via GitHub import requests using a malicious crafted payload.
Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: 17.1
- (no CPE)range: >=17.1, <17.9.8 || >=17.10, <17.10.6 || >=17.11, <17.11.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- hackerone.com/reports/2711684mitretechnical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/491041mitreissue-trackingpermissions-required
News mentions
1- GitLab Patch Release: 17.11.2, 17.10.6, 17.9.8GitLab Security Releases · May 7, 2025