High severity · published May 9, 2025
CVE-2024-8973
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
7.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
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)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
17.1.0 before 17.9.8; 17.1.0 before 17.9.8; 17.10.0 before 17.10.6; 17.10.0 before 17.10.6; 17.11.0 before 17.11.2; 17.11.0 before 17.11.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8973
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8973
Broken Link
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/491041
Permissions Required
https://hackerone.com/reports/2711684
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