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CVE-2023-0121: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-770

Description

A denial of service issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 13.2.4 before 15.10.8, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2 which allows an attacker to cause high resource consumption using malicious test report artifacts.

Affected products

• GitLab: from 13.2.4 before 15.10.8; from 15.11.0 before 15.11.7; from 16.0.0 before 16.0.2 — fixed in 15.10.8, 15.11.7, 16.0.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 15.10.8, 15.11.7, 16.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0121.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/387549
• https://hackerone.com/reports/1774688
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0121.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/387549
• https://hackerone.com/reports/1774688
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/387549

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