CVE-2024-2878

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

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.

Affected

GitLab

CVSS v3.1 GITLAB

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

19.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 97th percentile

Published

2025-02-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://hackerone.com/reports/2416356

Security advisories

• https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/05/08/patch-release-gitlab-16-11-2-released

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry