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CVE-2024-8233

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity in GitLab

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Attend
*SSVC
Descriptions

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 9.4 before 17.4.6, 17.5 before 17.5.4, and 17.6 before 17.6.2. An attacker could cause a denial of service with requests for diff files on a commit or merge request.

*Credits: Thanks [a92847865](https://hackerone.com/a92847865) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Attend
Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-08-27 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-12-12 CVE Published
  • 2024-12-12 CVE Updated
  • 2024-12-13 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-407: Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
CAPEC
References (0)
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URL Date SRC
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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
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 >= 9.4.0 < 17.4.6
Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 9.4.0 < 17.4.6"
en
Affected
GitLab
Search vendor "GitLab"
 GitLab
Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab"
 >= 17.5.0 < 17.5.4
Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 17.5.0 < 17.5.4"
en
Affected
GitLab
Search vendor "GitLab"
 GitLab
Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab"
 >= 17.6.0 < 17.6.2
Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 17.6.0 < 17.6.2"
en
Affected