CVE-2024-8973
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.26%
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 17.1 prior to 17.9.8, from 17.10 prior to 17.10.6, and from 17.11 prior to 17.11.2. It was possible to cause a DoS condition via GitHub import requests using a malicious crafted payload.
How to fix CVE-2024-8973
To remediate CVE-2024-8973, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 17.11.2 or later
Is CVE-2024-8973 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 17.1.0, < 17.11.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |