Resource exhaustion in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2021-22216
Published: June 14, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU54090
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22216
CWE-ID: CWE-400
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 application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote authenticated attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Arch Linux
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Arch Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2021-22216
Install updates from vendor's website.
Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 13.10.5, 13.11.5, 13.12.2
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 13.10.5, 13.11.5, 13.12.2
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 13.10.5, 13.11.5, 13.12.2