CVE-2023-5825
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in GitLab
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Nov 6, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 29, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 27, 2023
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.3.6, all versions starting from 16.4 before 16.4.2, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.1. A low-privileged attacker can point a CI/CD Component to an incorrect path and cause the server to exhaust all available memory through an infinite loop and cause Denial of Service.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | GitLab |
Weaknesses
- CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
GitLabGitLab |
|
References
- GitLab Issue #428984issue-trackingpermissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2218566technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
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