CVE-2024-2818 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting GitLab CE/EE versions prior to 16.8.5, 16.9.3, and 16.10.1. An authenticated attacker can exploit this by crafting a malicious description parameter for labels, leading to service disruption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low privileges and no user interaction, resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, suggesting it is not actively exploited in the wild. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, with only one article from GitLab Security.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 16.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
< 16.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 16.9.0, < 16.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 16.9.0, < 16.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
16.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.10.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.