What is CVE-2024-1947?

CVE-2024-1947 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-05-23.

How severe is CVE-2024-1947?

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

Vulnerability in Gitlab

CVE-2024-1947

A denial of service (DoS) condition was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 13.2.4 before 16.10.6, 16.11 before 16.11.3, and 17.0 before 17.0.1. By leveraging this vulnerability an attacker could create a DoS condition by sending crafted API calls.

EPSS: 0.005 (38.5th 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 17.0, 13.2.4, 16.11

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-409 — Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

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-2024-1947?: CVE-2024-1947 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-05-23.
How severe is CVE-2024-1947?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.