CVE-2024-2878
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitLab
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.7 prior to 16.9.7, starting from 16.10 prior to 16.10.5, and starting from 16.11 prior to 16.11.2. It was possible for an attacker to cause a denial of service by crafting unusual search terms for branch names.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2416356 (opens in a new tab)technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitLab
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitLabCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 19.7% · top 2.6% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
What to do
Solution: Upgrade to versions 16.9.7, 16.10.5, 16.11.2 or above.
References (3)
- GitLab Issue #451918 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingpermissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2416356 (opens in a new tab)technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/05/08/patch-release-gitlab-16-11-2-released/ (opens in a new tab)release-notes
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)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2024-2878)Record last updated .