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CVE-2023-5825

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

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 16.3.6, 16.4.2, 16.5.1
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • GitLab GitLab

    From 16.2 · fixed in 16.3.6; From 16.4 · fixed in 16.4.2; From 16.5 · fixed in 16.5.1

References 2

gitlab.com

hackerone.com