What is CVE-2024-1816?

CVE-2024-1816 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-06-27.

How severe is CVE-2024-1816?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Gitlab

CVE-2024-1816

An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.0 prior to 16.11.5, starting from 17.0 prior to 17.0.3, and starting from 17.1 prior to 17.1.1, which allows for an attacker to cause a denial of service using a crafted OpenAPI file.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.003 (21.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 17.0, 17.1.0, 12.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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-2024-1816?: CVE-2024-1816 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2024-1816?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.