CVE-2024-8973 is a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting GitLab CE/EE versions 17.1 through 17.9.7, 17.10 through 17.10.5, and 17.11 through 17.11.1. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger this DoS condition by sending a specially crafted payload within GitHub import requests. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability, but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, though GitLab has released patches.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 17.1.0, < 17.9.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.1.0, < 17.9.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.10.0, < 17.10.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.10.0, < 17.10.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.11.0, < 17.11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*: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:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.