CVE-2024-6324

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3 · CWE-407

4.3CVSS MEDIUM

Summary

An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.7 prior to 17.5.5, starting from 17.6 prior to 17.6.3, and starting from 17.7 prior to 17.7.1. It was possible to trigger a DoS by creating cyclic references between epics.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork

Attack complexityLow

Privileges requiredLow

User interactionNone

Confidentiality impactNone

Integrity impactNone

Availability impactLow

Exploit probability (EPSS)0%

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected products we track (1)

GitLab

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Additional information

NVD record
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/01/08/patch-release-gitlab-17-7-1-released/#cyclic-reference-of-epics-leads-resource-exhaustionAdvisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/2553716
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/468914Exploit