Vulnerability in Gitlab
CVE-2024-8124
An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.4 prior to 17.1.7, starting from 17.2 prior to 17.2.5, starting from 17.3 prior to 17.3.2 which could cause Denial of Service via sending a specific POST requ…
Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.396 (98.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Gitlab — versions 16.4, 17.2, 17.3
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)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-8124?
- CVE-2024-8124 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-09-12.
- How severe is CVE-2024-8124?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-8124 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.