Resource exhaustion in GitLab

CVE-2024-8041

A Denial of Service (DoS) issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions prior to 17.1.6, 17.2 prior to 17.2.4, and 17.3 prior to 17.3.1. A denial of service could occur upon importing a maliciously crafted repository using the GitHub importer.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (37.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 37.6% 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-2024-8041: 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 0, 17.2, 17.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8041?
CVE-2024-8041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2024-8041?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.