Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU101730

Input validation error in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2024-8233

Published: December 12, 2024

Vulnerability identifier: #VU101730

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8233

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send specially crafted requests for diff-files and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Affected software

Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition

How to mitigate CVE-2024-8233

Install updates from vendor's website.

Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 17.4.6, 17.5.4, 17.6.2
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 17.4.6, 17.5.4, 17.6.2

External References

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/12/11/patch-release-gitlab-17-6-2-released/

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