CVE-2023-5825
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in GitLab
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.48%
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.3.6, all versions starting from 16.4 before 16.4.2, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.1. A low-privileged attacker can point a CI/CD Component to an incorrect path and cause the server to exhaust all available memory through an infinite loop and cause Denial of Service.
How to fix CVE-2023-5825
To remediate CVE-2023-5825, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 16.3.6 or later
Is CVE-2023-5825 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 16.2.0, < 16.3.6, >= 16.4.0, < 16.4.2, >= 16.5.0, < 16.5.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |