Vulnerability · Published May 23, 2024 · Assigned by GitLab
CVE-2024-1947Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) in GitLab
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw 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 42% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A denial of service (DoS) condition was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 13.2.4 before 16.10.6, 16.11 before 16.11.3, and 17.0 before 17.0.1. By leveraging this vulnerability an attacker could create a DoS condition by sending crafted API calls.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-409 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
- GitLab Issue #443559 issue-tracking, permissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2380264 technical-description, exploit, permissions-required