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.
CVE ID: CVE-2024-2878
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Vendor: GitLab
Product: GitLab
EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 11.85% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-03-06 (when was this score calculated)