Resource exhaustion in GitLab

CVE-2023-5963

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE with Advanced Search affecting all versions from 13.9 to 16.3.6, 16.4 prior to 16.4.2 and 16.5 prior to 16.5.1 that could allow a denial of service in the Advanced Search function by chaining too many syntax operators.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (39.3th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.3% 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-2023-5963: held from 0.005 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • GitLab — versions 13.9, 16.4.0, 16.5.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5963?
CVE-2023-5963 is a low-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2023-11-06.
How severe is CVE-2023-5963?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.