Vulnerability · Published Jun 6, 2023 · Assigned by GitLab
CVE-2023-0921Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity resource allocation without limits in GitLab from GitLab. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 84.4% (higher than 99.7% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)84.4%top 0.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A lack of length validation in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8.3 before 15.10.8, 15.11 before 15.11.7, and 16.0 before 16.0.2 allows an authenticated attacker to create a large Issue description via GraphQL which, when repeatedly requested, saturates CPU usage.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L