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CVE-2023-1072

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-03-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 9.0 before 15.7.8, all versions starting from 15.8 before 15.8.4, all versions starting from 15.9 before 15.9.2. It was possible to trigger a resource depletion attack due to improper filtering for number of requests to read commits details.

Affected products

• GitLab: from 9.0 before 15.7.8; from 15.8 before 15.8.4; from 15.9 before 15.9.2 — fixed in 15.7.8, 15.8.4, 15.9.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 15.7.8, 15.8.4, 15.9.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-1072.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/219619
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-1072.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/219619

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