CVE-2023-5825
MEDIUMGitLab 16.2-16.3.5, 16.4-16.4.1, 16.5 - Denial of Service via CI/CD Component Path Manipulation
Title source: llmDescription
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.3.6, all versions starting from 16.4 before 16.4.2, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.1. A low-privileged attacker can point a CI/CD Component to an incorrect path and cause the server to exhaust all available memory through an infinite loop and cause Denial of Service.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Permissions Required technical-description
exploit
permissions-required
https://hackerone.com/reports/2218566
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory issue-tracking
permissions-required
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/428984
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0064
EPSS Percentile
45.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-835
Status
published
Products (5)
gitlab/gitlab
16.5.0 (2 CPE variants)
GitLab/GitLab
16.2 - 16.3.6
gitlab/gitlab
16.2.0 - 16.3.6 (2 CPE variants)
GitLab/GitLab
16.4 - 16.4.2
GitLab/GitLab
16.5 - 16.5.1
Published
Nov 06, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026