CVE-2024-8973

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 17.1 prior to 17.9.8, from 17.10 prior to 17.10.6, and from 17.11 prior to 17.11.2. It was possible to cause a DoS condition via GitHub import requests using a malicious crafted payload.

CVSS v3.0 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/491041	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/2711684	Permissions Required

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

History

08 Aug 2025, 16:54

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::* cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.5
First Time		Gitlab gitlab Gitlab
References	~~() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/491041 -~~	() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/491041 - Broken Link
References	~~() https://hackerone.com/reports/2711684 -~~	() https://hackerone.com/reports/2711684 - Permissions Required

09 May 2025, 17:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-05-09 17:15

Updated : 2025-08-08 16:54

NVD link : CVE-2024-8973

Mitre link : CVE-2024-8973

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

{"cve": {"data_type": "CVE", "references": {"reference_data": [{"url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/491041", "name": "GitLab Issue #491041", "tags": ["Broken Link"], "refsource": ""}, {"url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/2711684", "name": "HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2711684", "tags": ["Permissions Required"], "refsource": ""}]}, "data_format": "MITRE", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "en", "value": "An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 17.1 prior to 17.9.8, from 17.10 prior to 17.10.6, and from 17.11 prior to 17.11.2. It was possible to cause a DoS condition via GitHub import requests using a malicious crafted payload."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-770"}]}]}, "data_version": "4.0", "CVE_data_meta": {"ID": "CVE-2024-8973", "ASSIGNER": "cve@gitlab.com"}}, "impact": {"baseMetricV3": {"cvssV3": {"scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 7.5, "attackVector": "NETWORK", "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE"}, "impactScore": 3.6, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9}}, "publishedDate": "2025-05-09T17:15Z", "configurations": {"nodes": [{"children": [], "operator": "OR", "cpe_match": [{"cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*", "cpe_name": [], "vulnerable": true, "versionEndExcluding": "17.9.8", "versionStartIncluding": "17.1.0"}, {"cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*", "cpe_name": [], "vulnerable": true, "versionEndExcluding": "17.10.6", "versionStartIncluding": "17.10.0"}, {"cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*", "cpe_name": [], "vulnerable": true, "versionEndExcluding": "17.11.2", "versionStartIncluding": "17.11.0"}, {"cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*", "cpe_name": [], "vulnerable": true, "versionEndExcluding": "17.9.8", "versionStartIncluding": "17.1.0"}, {"cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*", "cpe_name": [], "vulnerable": true, "versionEndExcluding": "17.10.6", "versionStartIncluding": "17.10.0"}, {"cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*", "cpe_name": [], "vulnerable": true, "versionEndExcluding": "17.11.2", "versionStartIncluding": "17.11.0"}]}], "CVE_data_version": "4.0"}, "lastModifiedDate": "2025-08-08T16:54Z"}