CVE-2024-2878

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

Published Feb 5, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 23.4% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to versions 16.9.7, 16.10.5, 16.11.2 or above.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-27822 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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-770
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitLab
Published
Updated
Feb 5, 2025, 8:11 PM
Reserved
Mar 25, 2024, 9:02 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Feb 5, 2025, 1:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:25 AM