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7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2023-0121
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
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.

INFO

Published Date :

June 7, 2023, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 7, 2025, 5:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-0121 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gitlab gitlab
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE/EE, allowing an attacker to cause high resource consumption using malicious test report artifacts; updating to a patched version is recommended.
  • Upgrade to GitLab version 15.10.8, 15.11.7, or 16.0.2 or later.
  • Update the affected packages.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-0121.

URL Resource
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0121.json Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/387549 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/1774688 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0121.json Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/387549 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/1774688 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/387549 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-0121 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-0121 weaknesses.

CAPEC-125: Flooding Flooding CAPEC-130: Excessive Allocation Excessive Allocation CAPEC-147: XML Ping of the Death XML Ping of the Death CAPEC-197: Exponential Data Expansion Exponential Data Expansion CAPEC-229: Serialized Data Parameter Blowup Serialized Data Parameter Blowup CAPEC-230: Serialized Data with Nested Payloads Serialized Data with Nested Payloads CAPEC-231: Oversized Serialized Data Payloads Oversized Serialized Data Payloads CAPEC-469: HTTP DoS HTTP DoS CAPEC-482: TCP Flood TCP Flood CAPEC-486: UDP Flood UDP Flood CAPEC-487: ICMP Flood ICMP Flood CAPEC-488: HTTP Flood HTTP Flood CAPEC-489: SSL Flood SSL Flood CAPEC-490: Amplification Amplification CAPEC-491: Quadratic Data Expansion Quadratic Data Expansion CAPEC-493: SOAP Array Blowup SOAP Array Blowup CAPEC-494: TCP Fragmentation TCP Fragmentation CAPEC-495: UDP Fragmentation UDP Fragmentation CAPEC-496: ICMP Fragmentation ICMP Fragmentation CAPEC-528: XML Flood XML Flood

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-0121 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-0121 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Jan. 07, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/387549
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0121.json
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/387549
    Added Reference https://hackerone.com/reports/1774688
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 08, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/387549 Broken Link https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/387549 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-400
    Added CWE NIST CWE-770
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE GitLab Inc. CWE-770
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 14, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0121.json No Types Assigned https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0121.json Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/387549 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/387549 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://hackerone.com/reports/1774688 No Types Assigned https://hackerone.com/reports/1774688 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-400
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* versions from (including) 13.2.4 up to (excluding) 15.10.8 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 13.2.4 up to (excluding) 15.10.8 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* versions from (including) 15.11.0 up to (excluding) 15.11.7 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 15.11.0 up to (excluding) 15.11.7 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* versions from (including) 16.0.0 up to (excluding) 16.0.2 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 16.0.0 up to (excluding) 16.0.2
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.20 }} -1.87%

score

0.42538

percentile