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.
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0017
EPSS Percentile
38.3%
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