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CVE-2024-12379: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2025-02-12 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-770
Description
A denial of service vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 14.1 prior to 17.6.5, 17.7 prior to 17.7.4, and 17.8 prior to 17.8.2 allows an attacker to impact the availability of GitLab via unbounded symbol creation via the scopes parameter in a Personal Access Token.
Affected products
- GitLab: from 14.1.0 before 17.6.5; from 17.7.0 before 17.7.4; from 17.8.0 before 17.8.2 — fixed in 17.6.5, 17.7.4, 17.8.2
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 17.6.5, 17.7.4, 17.8.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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