BIT-gitlab-2023-5825

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    BIT-gitlab-2023-5825

    Published: 6 Mar 2024Last Modified: 8 Sept 2026
    Aliases:
    CVE-2023-5825

    Summary: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in GitLab

    Details: An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.3.6, all versions starting from 16.4 before 16.4.2, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.1. A low-privileged attacker can point a CI/CD Component to an incorrect path and cause the server to exhaust all available memory through an infinite loop and cause Denial of Service.

    References: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/428984, https://hackerone.com/reports/2218566, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5825

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gitlab

    Purl: pkg:bitnami/gitlab

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 16.2.0
    Fixed -16.3.6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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