What is CVE-2023-4912?

CVE-2023-4912 is a low-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 2.6/10. Published 2023-12-01.

How severe is CVE-2023-4912?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.6 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-4912 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Gitlab

CVE-2023-4912

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 10.5 before 16.4.3, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.3, all versions starting from 16.6 before 16.6.1. It was possible for an attacker to cause a client-side denial of service using malicious crafted mermaid diagram input.

EPSS: 0.006 (44.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.6 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 10.5, 16.6.0, 16.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve@gitlab.com (issue-tracking, permissions-required, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
cve@gitlab.com (Permissions Required, technical-description, permissions-required, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-4912?: CVE-2023-4912 is a low-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 2.6/10. Published 2023-12-01.
How severe is CVE-2023-4912?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-4912 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.