GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 16.9.6/16.10.4/16.11.1 API resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 16.9.6/16.10.4/16.11.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component API. This manipulation causes resource consumption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-4539. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 16.9.6/16.10.4/16.11.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.4 prior to 16.9.7, starting from 16.10 prior to 16.10.5, and starting from 16.11 prior to 16.11.2 where abusing the API to filter branch and tags could lead to Denial of Service.

The weakness was published by Vasilii Lakliushin as 454815. The advisory is shared at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-4539 since 05/06/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 16.9.7, 16.10.5 or 16.11.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 16.9.7/16.10.5/16.11.2

Timelineinfo

05/06/2024 🔍
05/09/2024 +3 days 🔍
05/09/2024 +0 days 🔍
10/03/2024 +147 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 454815
Researcher: Vasilii Lakliushin
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-4539 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-4539
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-263605

Entryinfo

Created: 05/09/2024 05:56
Updated: 10/03/2024 18:15
Changes: 05/09/2024 05:56 (66), 10/03/2024 18:15 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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