GitLab Denial of Service Vulnerability Affects Chat Integration
CVE-2023-6489

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Gitlab
Status
Gitlab
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 April 2024

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👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2023-6489?

A denial of service vulnerability was identified in GitLab CE/EE, versions 16.7.7 prior to 16.8.6, 16.9 prior to 16.9.4 and 16.10 prior to 16.10.2 which allows an attacker to spike the GitLab instance resources usage resulting in service degradation via chat integration feature.

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Affected Version(s)

GitLab 16.7.7 < 16.8.6

GitLab 16.9 < 16.9.4

GitLab 16.10 < 16.10.2

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2023-6489 - Proof of Concept

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/433520
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https://hackerone.com/reports/2262450
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Thanks `Anonymizer` for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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