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

 

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 v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8233
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: GitLab, Inc
Affected software:
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-8233

Install updates from vendor's website.

Sources