FKIE_CVE-2023-5825

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-11-06 11:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:49
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/428984Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/2218566Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/428984Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hackerone.com/reports/2218566Permissions Required
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gitlab gitlab *
gitlab gitlab *
gitlab gitlab *
gitlab gitlab *
gitlab gitlab 16.5.0
gitlab gitlab 16.5.0
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:49:26.963",
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