CVE-2023-5825

MEDIUM

Gitlab < 16.3.6 - Infinite Loop

Title source: rule

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)

[Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/428984

[Permissions Required] https://hackerone.com/reports/2218566

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0017

EPSS Percentile 38.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-835

Status published

Affected Products (4)

gitlab/gitlab < 16.3.6

gitlab/gitlab

Timeline

Published Nov 06, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026