Resource exhaustion in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2022-3613
Published: January 11, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU71077
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3613
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 attacker can use a specially crafted Prometheus Server query, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
How to mitigate CVE-2022-3613
Install updates from vendor's website.
Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 15.5.7, 15.6.4, 15.7.2
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 15.5.7, 15.6.4, 15.7.2
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 15.5.7, 15.6.4, 15.7.2