What is CVE-2023-0518?

CVE-2023-0518 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-02-13.

How severe is CVE-2023-0518?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Gitlab

CVE-2023-0518

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 14.0 before 15.6.7, all versions starting from 15.7 before 15.7.6, all versions starting from 15.8 before 15.8.1. It was possible to trigger a DoS attack by uploading a malicious Helm chart.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.012 (65.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions >=14.0, <15.6.7, >=15.7, <15.7.6, >=15.8, <15.8.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@gitlab.com (Broken Link)
cve@gitlab.com (Permissions Required)
cve@gitlab.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-0518?: CVE-2023-0518 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-02-13.
How severe is CVE-2023-0518?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.