CVE-2023-0921 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Gitlab

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption5 documents5 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
21.5%
top 4.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
GitlabDebian GitlabGitlab CE
Timeline
PublishedJun 6

Description

A lack of length validation in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8.3 before 15.10.8, 15.11 before 15.11.7, and 16.0 before 16.0.2 allows an authenticated attacker to create a large Issue description via GraphQL which, when repeatedly requested, saturates CPU usage.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages5 packages

▶NVDgitlab/gitlab8.3.0 — 15.10.8+2
▶debiandebian/gitlab< gitlab 15.10.8+ds1-2 (sid)
▶CVEListV5gitlab/gitlab>=15.11, <15.11.7, >=16.0, <16.0.2, >=8.3, <15.10.8+2
▶gitlabgitlab/gitlab

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-p96p-59v7-xxp6: A lack of length validation in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8↗2023-06-06
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OSV
CVE-2023-0921: A lack of length validation in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8↗2023-06-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

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GitLab
CVE-2023-0921: A lack of length validation in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8.3 before 15.10.8, 15.11 before 15.11.7, and 16.0 before 16.0.2 allows an aut↗2023-06-06
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Debian
CVE-2023-0921: gitlab - A lack of length validation in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8.3 befo...↗2023
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