CVE-2024-8973 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Gitlab

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 50.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
GitlabDebian GitlabGitlab CE
Timeline
PublishedMay 9

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 17.1 prior to 17.9.8, from 17.10 prior to 17.10.6, and from 17.11 prior to 17.11.2. It was possible to cause a DoS condition via GitHub import requests using a malicious crafted payload.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5gitlab/gitlab17.1 — 17.9.8+2
▶NVDgitlab/gitlab17.1.0 — 17.9.8+2
▶debiandebian/gitlab
▶gitlabgitlab/gitlab

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2024-8973: An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 17↗2025-05-09
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GHSA
GHSA-q656-cxxx-f8h7: An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 17↗2025-05-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

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GitLab
CVE-2024-8973: An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 17.1 prior to 17.9.8, from 17.10 prior to 17.10.6, and from 17.11 pr↗2025-05-09
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Debian
CVE-2024-8973: gitlab - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting fro...↗2024
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