High severity · published Feb 5, 2025
CVE-2024-2878
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
7.5
CVSS
19.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.7 prior to 16.9.7, starting from 16.10 prior to 16.10.5, and starting from 16.11 prior to 16.11.2. It was possible for an attacker to cause a denial of service by crafting unusual search terms for branch names.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)19.7% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
15.7 before 16.9.7; 16.10 before 16.10.5; 16.11 before 16.11.2 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2878
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2878
Broken Link
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/451918
Permissions Required
https://hackerone.com/reports/2416356
Release Notes
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/05/08/patch-release-gitlab-16-11-2-released/
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