CVE-2023-4011

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.11 prior to 16.2.2 which allows an attacker to spike the resource consumption resulting in DoS.

*Credits: This vulnerability has been discovered internally by GitLab team member [gonzoyumo](https://gitlab.com/gonzoyumo)

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-07-31 CVE Reserved
2023-08-02 CVE Published
2024-10-03 CVE Updated
2025-04-15 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CAPEC

References (0)

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 15.11 < 16.2.2 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 15.11 < 16.2.2"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 15.11 < 16.2.2 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 15.11 < 16.2.2"		enterprise		Affected