Resource exhaustion in Gitlab

CVE-2024-13054

An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 17.7.7, 17.8 prior to 17.8.5, and 17.9 prior to 17.9.2. where a denial of service vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a system reboot under certain conditions.

EPSS: 0.006 (43.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

  • Gitlab — versions 0, 17.8, 17.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-13054?
CVE-2024-13054 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2024-13054?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-13054 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.