What is CVE-2023-1072?

CVE-2023-1072 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-03-09.

How severe is CVE-2023-1072?

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

Resource exhaustion in Gitlab

CVE-2023-1072

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 9.0 before 15.7.8, all versions starting from 15.8 before 15.8.4, all versions starting from 15.9 before 15.9.2. It was possible to trigger a resource depletion attack due to improper filtering for number of requests to read commits details.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.008 (52.4th 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 >=9.0, <15.7.8, >=15.8, <15.8.4, >=15.9, <15.9.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1072?: CVE-2023-1072 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-03-09.
How severe is CVE-2023-1072?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.