What is CVE-2024-6826?

CVE-2024-6826 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-10-24.

How severe is CVE-2024-6826?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Gitlab

CVE-2024-6826

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.2 before 17.3.6, 17.4 before 17.4.3, and 17.5 before 17.5.1. A denial of service could occur via importing a malicious crafted XML manifest file.

EPSS: 0.005 (41.8th 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 17.5, 17.5.0, 11.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

cve@gitlab.com (issue-tracking, Exploit, permissions-required, Issue Tracking)
cve@gitlab.com (Permissions Required, technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-6826?: CVE-2024-6826 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-10-24.
How severe is CVE-2024-6826?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.