CVE-2024-8973 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-8973: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

Vendor Gitlab
Product GitLab
Weakness CWE-770 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
Published May 9, 2025
Last update May 9, 2025
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CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 17.1 prior to 17.9.8, from 17.10 prior to 17.10.6, and from 17.11 prior to 17.11.2. It was possible to cause a DoS condition via GitHub import requests using a malicious crafted payload.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 9, 2025 CVE published
May 9, 2025 Record updated