Vulnerability · Published Nov 6, 2023 · Assigned by GitLab
CVE-2023-5825Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in GitLab
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity infinite loop in GitLab from GitLab. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 44.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-835 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- GitLab Issue #428984 issue-tracking, permissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2218566 technical-description, exploit, permissions-required