CVE-2023-3246

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE/CE affecting all versions starting before 16.3.6, all versions starting from 16.4 before 16.4.2, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.1 which allows an attackers to block Sidekiq job processor.

Affected

GitLab

CVSS v3.1 NVD

4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 43rd percentile

Published

2023-11-06

Updated

2025-11-20

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://hackerone.com/reports/2014157

Security advisories

• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/415371

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry