High severity · published Feb 5, 2025
CVE-2023-6386
A denial of service vulnerability was identified in GitLab CE/EE, affecting all versions from 15.11 prior to 16.6.7, 16.7 prior to 16.7.5 and 16.8 prior to 16.8.2 which allows an…
7.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A denial of service vulnerability was identified in GitLab CE/EE, affecting all versions from 15.11 prior to 16.6.7, 16.7 prior to 16.7.5 and 16.8 prior to 16.8.2 which allows an attacker to spike the GitLab instance resource usage resulting in service degradation.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
15.11.0 before 16.6.7; 15.11.0 before 16.6.7; 16.7.0 before 16.7.5; 16.7.0 before 16.7.5; 16.8.0 before 16.8.2; 16.8.0 before 16.8.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6386
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6386
Broken Link
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/433147
Permissions Required
https://hackerone.com/reports/2261581
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