CVE-2024-2878
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Feb 5, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 5, 2025
- Reserved
- Mar 25, 2024
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.7 prior to 16.9.7, starting from 16.10 prior to 16.10.5, and starting from 16.11 prior to 16.11.2. It was possible for an attacker to cause a denial of service by crafting unusual search terms for branch names.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | GitLab |
Weaknesses
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
GitLabGitLab |
|
References
- GitLab Issue #451918issue-trackingpermissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2416356technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/05/08/patch-release-gitlab-16-11-2-released/release-notes
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