CVE-2023-6386
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.005 · 45 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.5
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affected products (12)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-0317GitLab: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-02-07csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentifizierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in GitLab ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen oder Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen.
- BIT-gitlab-2023-6386Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab2025-02-07vendor · osvUS
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.
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references (8)
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- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/02/07/security-release-gitlab-16-8-2-released/#redos-in-ci/cd-pipeline-editor-while-verifying-pipeline-syntaxPatchcnnvd
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/433147cnnvd
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2261581cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/GitLab-CE-EE-five-vulnerabilities-43458cnnvd
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/433147enisa_euvd
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2261581enisa_euvd
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/433147Broken Linknvd
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2261581Permissions Requirednvd
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