Input validation error in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2023-1072
Published: March 3, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU72748
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1072
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
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 improper filtering for number of requests to read commits details. A remote user can trigger a resource depletion attack and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-1072
Install updates from vendor's website.