Resource exhaustion in GitLab

CVE-2021-22187

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions of Gitlab EE/CE before 13.6.7. A potential resource exhaustion issue that allowed running or pending jobs to continue even after project was deleted.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.5th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 62.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2021-22187: held from 0.010 to 0.010.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • GitLab — versions <13.6.7, >=13.7, <13.7.7, >=13.8, <13.8.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-22187?
CVE-2021-22187 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2021-03-02.
How severe is CVE-2021-22187?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.