CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-0921
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2023-06-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-770
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.
Affected configurations
• gitlab gitlab (>= 8.3.0 < 15.10.8)
• gitlab gitlab (>= 15.11.0 < 15.11.7)
• gitlab gitlab (>= 16.0.0 < 16.0.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness
References
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0921.json Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/392433 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1869839 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0921.json Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/392433 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1869839 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory