CVE-2023-4011

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

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Published Aug 2, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.11 prior to 16.2.2 which allows an attacker to spike the resource consumption resulting in DoS.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

GitLab

GitLab

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`15.11`	affected	< 16.2.2

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to version 16.2.2

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-53904	An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.11 prior to 16.2.2 which allows an attacker to spike the resource consumption resulting in DoS.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.784% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/409367

History

Oct 7, 2024 7:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Oct 3, 2024 7:45 AM Weaknesses updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-400

Oct 3, 2024 6:30 AM Title updated. Weaknesses updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title	Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in GitLab	Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
Weaknesses		CWE-770

Aug 31, 2024 8:30 AM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Aug 30, 2024 8:30 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Aug 29, 2024 3:15 PM Affected versions updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::

Earlier changes (1)

Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Oct 3, 2024, 6:23 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitLab
Published: Aug 2, 2023, 5:30 AM
Updated: Oct 3, 2024, 6:23 AM
Reserved: Jul 31, 2023, 9:01 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:17 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:17 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 2, 2023, 6:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM

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Red Hat No data

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OpenCVE enrichment No data

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