CVE-2023-0921CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

Medium · published June 6, 2023

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High probability of exploitation

CVSS calls it medium at 4.3. It sits in the 99.7th percentile for exploit probability.

CVSS v3.1

4.3

EPSS

84%

Percentile

99.7

In the wild

Unconfirmed

What it is

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.

The record

Technical detail

CVSS v3.1: 4.3 · MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0: Not supplied
EPSS: 0.84438 · 99.7th percentile
Weakness: CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published: 2023-06-06T00:00Z

EPSS history

Timeline

06 JUN 00:00Z
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
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