Vulnerability · Published Feb 5, 2025 · Assigned by GitLab
CVE-2023-6386Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
Medium 6.5
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 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A denial of service vulnerability was identified in GitLab CE/EE, affecting all versions from 15.11 prior to 16.6.7, 16.7 prior to 16.7.5 and 16.8 prior to 16.8.2 which allows an attacker to spike the GitLab instance resource usage resulting in service degradation.
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:H
References
- GitLab Issue #433147 issue-tracking, permissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2261581 technical-description, exploit, permissions-required