CVE-2023-0921 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A lack of length validation in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8.3 before 15.10.8, 15.11 before 15.11.7, and 16.0 before 16.0.2 allows an authenticated attacker to create a large Issue description via GraphQL which, when repeatedly requested, saturates CPU usage.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.19128.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gitlab	Gitlab

Configuration 1 [-]

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No data.

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0921.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/392433
https://hackerone.com/reports/1869839

History

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 19:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-400

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 06:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title		Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
Weaknesses		CWE-770

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published: 2023-06-06T00:00:00

Updated: 2025-01-07T21:51:37.372Z

Reserved: 2023-02-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2023-0921

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:24:34.643Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2023-06-06T17:15:12.747

Modified: 2025-05-05T14:12:29.340

Link: CVE-2023-0921

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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