CVE-2024-6324
MEDIUMGitLab 15.7-17.5.4, 17.6-17.6.2, 17.7 - Denial of Service via Cyclic Epic References
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.7 prior to 17.5.5, starting from 17.6 prior to 17.6.3, and starting from 17.7 prior to 17.7.1. It was possible to trigger a DoS by creating cyclic references between epics.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/01/08/patch-release-gitlab-17-7-1-released/#cyclic-reference-of-epics-leads-resource-exhaustion
Exploit, Issue Tracking issue-tracking
permissions-required
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/468914
Permissions Required technical-description
exploit
permissions-required
https://hackerone.com/reports/2553716
Scores
CVSS v3
4.3
EPSS
0.0069
EPSS Percentile
47.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-407
Status
published
Products (1)
gitlab/gitlab
15.7.0 - 17.5.5 (2 CPE variants)
Published
Jan 09, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026