CVE-2024-8041 (GCVE-0-2024-8041)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-22 15:30 – Updated: 2024-08-29 15:05
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in GitLab
Summary
A Denial of Service (DoS) issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions prior to 17.1.6, 17.2 prior to 17.2.4, and 17.3 prior to 17.3.1. A denial of service could occur upon importing a maliciously crafted repository using the GitHub importer.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-22 16:05 UTC
CWE
- CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/463092 | issue-trackingpermissions-required |
| https://hackerone.com/reports/2499070 | technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required |
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