CVE-2024-8233: Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity in GitLab

7.5 CVSS

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 9.4 before 17.4.6, 17.5 before 17.5.4, and 17.6 before 17.6.2. An attacker could cause a denial of service with requests for diff files on a commit or merge request.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-8233

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.5

Affected Products

Vendor: GitLab

Product: GitLab

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 11.48% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/480867
https://hackerone.com/reports/2650086

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