CVE-2024-2874

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

Severity Score

6.5

*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 CE/EE affecting all versions before 16.10.6, version 16.11 before 16.11.3, and 17.0 before 17.0.1. A runner registered with a crafted description has the potential to disrupt the loading of targeted GitLab web resources.

Se descubrió un problema en GitLab CE/EE que afecta a todas las versiones anteriores a 16.10.6, la versión 16.11 anterior a 16.11.3 y la 17.0 anterior a 17.0.1. Un ejecutor registrado con una descripción manipulada tiene el potencial de interrumpir la carga de recursos web de GitLab específicos.

*Credits: Thanks [ac7n0w](https://hackerone.com/ac7n0w) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

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

2024-03-12 First Exploit
2024-03-25 CVE Reserved
2024-05-23 CVE Published
2024-10-03 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

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

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/chebuya/CVE-2024-28741-northstar-agent-rce-poc	2024-03-12

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

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"				< 16.10.6 Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " < 16.10.6"		en		Affected
GitLab Search vendor "GitLab"		GitLab Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab"				>= 16.11.0 < 16.11.3 Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 16.11.0 < 16.11.3"		en		Affected
GitLab Search vendor "GitLab"		GitLab Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab"				>= 17.0.0 < 17.0.1 Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 17.0.0 < 17.0.1"		en		Affected