Vulnerability details

CVE-2024-2878

GitLab GitLab

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

CVSS 3.1

7.5High

Official 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 scores

Score	Version	Source	Vector
7.5High	3.1	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (GitLab)	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Source
GitLab	GitLab	15.7 ≤ v < 16.9.7	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
GitLab	GitLab	16.10 ≤ v < 16.10.5	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
GitLab	GitLab	16.11 ≤ v < 16.11.2	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/451918 issue-trackingpermissions-required
https://hackerone.com/reports/2416356 technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/05/08/patch-release-gitlab-16-11-2-released/ release-notes

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Details

Published: 2025-02-05
Last updated: 2025-02-05
State: Published
Assigner (CNA): GitLab

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

19.72%

Probability of exploitation in 30 days

97.4%

Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable: Yes
Exploitation: None
Technical impact: Partial

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-770
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling