CVE-2024-1493: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption 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: none known
Published: 2024-06-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-1333

Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 9.2 prior to 16.11.5, starting from 17.0 prior to 17.0.3, and starting from 17.1 prior to 17.1.1, with the processing logic for generating link in dependency files can lead to a regular expression DoS attack on the server

Affected products

GitLab: from 9.2.0 before 16.11.5; from 17.0.0 before 17.0.3; 17.1.0 — fixed in 16.11.5, 17.0.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 16.11.5, 17.0.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/441806
https://hackerone.com/reports/2370084
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/441806
https://hackerone.com/reports/2370084

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