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CVE-2023-3246
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
Medium4.3EPSS 0.64%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitLab
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE/CE affecting all versions starting before 16.3.6, all versions starting from 16.4 before 16.4.2, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.1 which allows an attackers to block Sidekiq job processor.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitLabCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.64% · top 49% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
What to do
Solution: Upgrade to versions 16.5.1, 16.4.2, 16.3.6 or above.
References (2)
- GitLab Issue #415371 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_transferred
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2014157 (opens in a new tab)technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-requiredx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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