6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-8237
GitLab CE/EE Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

A Denial of Service (DoS) issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions prior to 12.6 prior to 17.4.5, 17.5 prior to 17.5.3, and 17.6 prior to 17.6.1. An attacker could cause a denial of service with a crafted cargo.toml file.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 26, 2024, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 26, 2024, 7:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-8237 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
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/480900
https://hackerone.com/reports/2648665

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  • TheCyberThrone
Gitlab fixes multiple vulnerabilities including CVE-2024-8114

GitLab has released patches to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting its Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) products. Versions 17.6.1, 17.5.3, and 17.4.5 could allow privilege esc ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 27, 2024 (1 week ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-8237 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.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Nov. 26, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A Denial of Service (DoS) issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions prior to 12.6 prior to 17.4.5, 17.5 prior to 17.5.3, and 17.6 prior to 17.6.1. An attacker could cause a denial of service with a crafted cargo.toml file.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-407
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/480900
    Added Reference https://hackerone.com/reports/2648665
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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