CVE-2024-2878

HIGH

GitLab 15.7-16.9.6, 16.10-16.10.4, 16.11-16.11.1 - Denial of Service via Crafted Branch Name Search

Title source: llm

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.7 prior to 16.9.7, starting from 16.10 prior to 16.10.5, and starting from 16.11 prior to 16.11.2. It was possible for an attacker to cause a denial of service by crafting unusual search terms for branch names.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Release Notes

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/05/08/patch-release-gitlab-16-11-2-released/

Broken Link issue-tracking permissions-required

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/451918

Permissions Required technical-description exploit permissions-required

https://hackerone.com/reports/2416356

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0462

EPSS Percentile 89.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-770

Status published

Products (1)

gitlab/gitlab 15.7.0 - 16.9.7 (2 CPE variants)

Published Feb 05, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026