CVE-2023-5825

MEDIUM

GitLab 16.2-16.3.5, 16.4-16.4.1, 16.5 - Denial of Service via CI/CD Component Path Manipulation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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