What is CVE-2018-15472?

CVE-2018-15472 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-04-15.

How severe is CVE-2018-15472?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Gitlab

CVE-2018-15472

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.1.7, 11.2.x before 11.2.4, and 11.3.x before 11.3.1. The diff formatter using rouge can block for a long time in Sidekiq jobs without any timeout.

EPSS: 0.007 (50.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 11.3.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-15472?: CVE-2018-15472 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-04-15.
How severe is CVE-2018-15472?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.