CVE-2024-5469: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in GitLab

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-06-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-754

Description

DoS in KAS in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.10.0 prior to 16.10.6 and 16.11.0 prior to 16.11.3 allows an attacker to crash KAS via crafted gRPC requests.

Affected products

GitLab: from 16.10.0 before 16.10.6; from 16.11.0 before 16.11.3 — fixed in 16.10.6, 16.11.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 16.10.6, 16.11.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/464143
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/464143

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